Akuyenda kuchokera ku Nyanja Ladoga (mu Shlisselburgskaya milomo) Neva Mtsinje ali okwana kutalika 74 Km (32 amene ali m'kati mwa mzinda wa St. Petersburg). Mtsinje ukuyenda mu Gulf wa Finland mu nyanja ya Baltic (kutsogolo zipata za doko nyanja ya St. Petersburg pafupi ndi Neva Bay).
Neva akuyamba ndi manja awiri, envulopu kakang'ono elongated chilumba nati, wotchuka chifukwa chakuti ndi Shlisselburg Linga. Kuwonjezera iye, mtsinje pali zilumba ziwiri (kupatulapo Delta): Factory - mu Shlisselburg ndi Glavryba - pafupi Ivanovsky mathithi (pakati loyenda mu Neva ndipo Mgoy Tosna). RIA, ndi chilumba 101, ndi kuchuluka kwa hoses ndi ducts ndipamene ankadziwana ndi, ndi malo okwana pafupifupi 50 kukafika lalikulu The mtsinje akuthamanga 26 mitsinje yaing'ono, yaikulu imene - Mga, Izhora, Tosna, Ohta. Banks wa Neva, makamaka kumanzere, kuli anthu. Kwa mtsinje pali mizinda inayi (St. Petersburg, Shlisselburg, Kirovsk, Otradnoe) ndi makumi atatu midzi ang'onoang'ono.
Neva - mtsinje ndi zonse madzi ndiponso kudya, oyenera navigation mulitali lonse. M'lifupi avareji mtsinje ndi ku mamita 400 600. Pa mfundo zake narrowest (pa chiyambi cha Ivanovsky mathithi, popenyana Cape Svyatka), m'lifupi mamita 210 okha, ndipo ankadziwana ndi - kuposa kilometre a. Kwa m'litali mtsinje Neva ali akuya mamita 8-10. Mfundo kuya (24 m) - mu St. Petersburg, pafupi banki bwino moyang'anana msewu. Zipolopolo. Ambiri ang'ono (4 m.) - pafupi wa Ivanovo mathithi. Ngakhale kusiyana ochepa mamita asanu, otaya mtsinje mofulumira ndithu (5-8 Km / h). Neva amaundana m'ma December ndi lopanda ayezi pa za pakati pa April. Komanso, itatha yoyamba zikuchitika pa ayezi mtsinje yobwerera chachiwiri - kayendedwe ka madzi oundana ku nyanja ya Ladoga, kawirikawiri kupanga madamu ayezi.
Amakhulupirira kuti dzina la mtsinje Neva analandira kwa mawu Chifinishi «Nevajoki» ( «lowe mtsinje") chifukwa chakuti a mabanki, makamaka pa kamwa, panali zithaphwi ambiri. Yachiwiri - chiyambi cha Sami mawu «nawe» ( «mathithi," "Mezhozernaya otaya"). M'nkhani ino ndiponso mulandu wina, ikulongosola za mtsinje ndipo dzina lake ali ofanana.
Pa magombe ake pakhala zochitika zambiri mbiri: mu July 1240 panali wotchuka nkhondo ya asilikali a Russia ndi asilikali a Sweden kutsogoleredwa ndi Alexander Nevski (pambuyo dzina Nevsky), muno mu May 1703, Peter ndinaganiza kumanga likulu tsogolo la Russian Ufumu, kumene kunali wamagazi nkhondo ya kuswa anatseka misewu ya Leningrad pa Great zosonyeza kukonda nkhondo.
Nthawi zonse, Neva inali yofunika kwambiri chuma. Masiku ano ntchito monga gwero la madzi mu St. Petersburg. Kuyambira kale, mtsinje Neva ndi waterway chofunika kwambiri - kuchokera ulendo "ku Scandinavia kwa Agiriki" lero, kukhala chinthu chofunika kwambiri kwa dongosolo madzi, yolumikiza zigawo chapakati cha gawo European la Russia m'mayiko kumpoto. Makamaka kufunika kwake kuchuluka pambuyo 1964 anaikidwa mu ntchito Volga-Baltic Waterway. Neva anayamba kumutchula kuti "Nevsky Chiyembekezo".