The Minija is a river in western Lithuania and a right tributary to the Nemunas. It is long. It begins from small Lake Didovas, and hydrographically from lake Sydeklis, 14 km south of Telà ¡iai. The rivulet that flows out of Sydeklis here is called Mava, in between Lake Ilgis and Lake Pluotinalis - Kliurkàand only after Lake Didovo it gets the Minija name.
It flows through Lakes Ilgis, Pluotinalis, Didovas, and Gargà ¾dai, Priekulàtowns before reaching the Atmata distributary of the Nemunas delta.
In 1873 a channel, called "Vilhelmo kanalas" was built that connected Minija directly with KlaipÃÂda port.