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Vyatka (river)
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<p>The Vyatka is a river in <a href="/facts/Kirov_Oblast/S5p78YwR">Kirov Oblast</a> and <a href="/facts/Tatarstan/axUuuoe5">Tatarstan</a> in <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>. It is a right <a href="/facts/Tributary/JB69Ypox">tributary</a> of the <a href="/facts/Kama_(river)/GehtI5gx">Kama</a>. It is 1,314 kilometres (816 mi) long, and its <a href="/facts/Drainage_basin/lzsx0XJS">drainage basin</a> covers 129,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi). </p><p>The Vyatka begins in the northern parts of <a href="/facts/Udmurtia/Llgh73Np">Udmurtia</a>. It freezes over in the early November and remains so until the second half of April. The Vyatka teems with fish, including <a href="/facts/Bream/7evnq4qw">bream</a>, <a href="/facts/Rutilus/cqKdFx1R">roach</a>, <a href="/facts/Tench/cyUfLuCv">tench</a>, <a href="/facts/Sheat_fish/HVWF9Int">sheat fish</a>, <a href="/facts/Esox/VlyCCQVB">pike</a>, <a href="/facts/European_perch/nVEzNETW">European perch</a>, <a href="/facts/Zander/RF2wTCWX">zander</a>, etc. </p><p>The Vyatka is <a href="/facts/Navigable/pFLA5geM">navigable</a> from its <a href="/facts/River_mouth/qxKhJCVP">mouth</a> to the city of <a href="/facts/Kirov%2c_Kirov_Oblast/1c5LRfAJ">Kirov</a>, 700 kilometres (430 mi) upriver. Kirov was formerly known as <i>Vyatka</i> after the river before it was renamed in 1934. The main <a href="/facts/Port/4Uuw6Fec">ports</a> are Kirov, <a href="/facts/Kotelnich/UtWaLRLy">Kotelnich</a>, <a href="/facts/Sovetsk%2c_Kirov_Oblast/yr8t0qtC">Sovetsk</a>, and <a href="/facts/Vyatskiye_Polyany/TG3YG6Ne">Vyatskiye Polyany</a>. </p>