The Vyatka is a river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Kama. It is 1,314 kilometres (816 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 129,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi).
The Vyatka begins in the northern parts of Udmurtia. It freezes over in the early November and remains so until the second half of April. The Vyatka teems with fish, including bream, roach, tench, sheat fish, pike, European perch, zander, etc.
The Vyatka is navigable from its mouth to the city of Kirov, 700 kilometres (430 mi) upriver. Kirov was formerly known as Vyatka after the river before it was renamed in 1934. The main ports are Kirov, Kotelnich, Sovetsk, and Vyatskiye Polyany.
Tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Vyatka are, from source to mouth:5
- Belaya (right)
- Kobra (right)
- Letka (right)
- Belaya Kholunitsa (left)
- Cheptsa (left)
- Velikaya (right)
- Bystritsa (left)
- Moloma (right)
- Pizhma (right)
- Voya (left)
- Urzhumka (right)
- Kilmez (left)
- Shoshma (right)
Notes
References
/ˈvjɑːtkə, viˈɑː-/; Russian: Вятка [ˈvʲatkə]; Tatar: Нократ, romanized: Nokrat; Mari: Виче, romanized: Viče; Udmurt: Ватка, romanized: Vatka /wiki/Help:IPA/English ↩
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«Река Вятка», Russian State Water Registry http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=183778 ↩
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