"El río Nevá (en ruso, ) es un río en el noroeste de Rusia, de 74 km de longitud y que va desde el lago Ládoga ( Ládozhskoye ózero) y tras pasar por el istmo de Carelia ( Karelskii pereshéyek) a través de la parte occidental del óblast de Leningrado (región histórica de Ingria) y la ciudad de San Petersburgo desemboca en el golfo de Finlandia. El «Río Neva con sus riberas y embarcaderos» forma parte, con el código 540-029, del sitio Patrimonio de la Humanidad llamado «Centro histórico de San Petersburgo y conjuntos monumentales anexos». A pesar de su modesta longitud, es el tercer río más caudaloso de Europa, tras el Volga y el Danubio."Abstract from English Wikipedia:
"The Neva (Russian: , IPA: [nva]) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of 74 kilometres (46 mi), it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge (after the Volga and the Danube). The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. It flows through the city of Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of Shlisselburg, Kirovsk and Otradnoye, and dozens of settlements. The river is navigable throughout and is part of the VolgaBaltic Waterway and White Sea Baltic Canal. It is a site of numerous major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, and the Siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II."