{{refimprove |date=June 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Jūra | image = Jūra (Lithuania).png | image_caption = Map with the Jūra river highlighted | source1_location = [[Žemaičių Highlands]] | mouth = [[Neman]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55.0485|22.1343|display=it|region:LT_type:river}} | progression = {{RNeman}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Lithuania]] | length_km = 177 | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|41.8|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size_km2 = 3994 }} [[File:JūraTiesPajūriu.JPG|thumb|Jūra near Pajūris]] The '''Jūra''' is a river in [[Lithuania]] and a right [[tributary]] of the [[Nemunas]] (Neman). It mostly follows a meandering and natural course, although two concrete [[dam]]s of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] power plants prevent [[paddling]], as do dense vegetation and large stones in its upper reaches. The Jūra is 177 km (110 mi) long.<ref>{{cite book | last=Tockner | first=Klement | last2=Zarfl | first2=Christiane | last3=Robinson | first3=Christopher T. | title=Rivers of Europe | publisher=Elsevier | date=2021-11-10 | isbn=978-0-08-102613-7 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rivers_of_Europe/AvBNEAAAQBAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=J%25C5%25ABra+river++lithuania&pg=PA830&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-06-30 | page=}}</ref>
The river's name comes from the [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] word ''jūra'', which means "sea". Towns on the Jūra include [[Tauragė]], [[Rietavas]], [[Kvėdarna]], and [[Pajūris]].
== Tributary rivers == * left - Aitra, Lokysta, Akmena, Šunija, [[Šešuvis]]. * right - Letausas, Šlaunis.
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