See also: Neva (homonymy)

The Neva is a Fleuve of Western Russia, 74 km length only. It runs Lac Ladoga with the the Baltic (Golfe of Finland), in which it is thrown to Saint-Pétersbourg, by a delta deeply transformed by the urbanization (the city includes/understands 42 islands today).

Emissary of the more big lake of Europe, Néva, although very short, is very broad (400 to 600 meters) and deep (more than 8 meters and sometimes 24) what makes it possible the boats of strong tonnage to traverse it.

It freezes in winter: during the seat of Leningrad by the Germans of 1941 with 1943, it was used as transportation route to supply the city and to evacuate some of its inhabitants.

Neva was worth its nickname with the prince of Novgorod, Alexandre Nevski, close to the banks of which it overcame the Swedish armies on July 1st 1240 at the time of the Bataille of Neva. The Perspective Nevsky in Saint-Pétersbourg bears his name.