Vyatka River

The Vyatka River (Вятка in Russian) is a river in the Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan in Russia, right tributary of the Kama River. It is 1314 km in length. The area of its basin is 129,000 sq km.

The Vyatka River begins in the northern parts of Udmurtia. It freezes up in the early November and stays under the ice until the second half of April. Principal tributaries: Kobra , Letka , Velikaya, Moloma , Pizhma , Cheptsa , Bystritsa , Voya , Kilmez . The Vyatka River teems with fish: bream, roach, tench , sheat fish , pike, perch, zander etc.

The Vyatka River is navigable from its mouth to the city of Kirov (700 km). Main ports: Kirov, Kotelnich , Sovetsk , Vyatskiye Polyany .