The river begins on the southern slope of
Mount Lykaion, near the village of
Neda in northern
Messenia. It flows to the west through a varied landscape of barren rock and forests. From near
Figaleia until its mouth it forms the border of Messenia and
Elis. There is a well known waterfall near the village
Platania. The Neda flows into the
Gulf of Kyparissia, a bay of the
Ionian Sea, near the village
Giannitsochori. ==Places along the river==