Length 1,314 km Source Verkhnekamskaya Hill River mouth Kama River | Discharge 890 m³/s Mouth Kamadeva Country Russia | |
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Basin size 129,000 km (50,000 sq mi) Cities Kirov, Vyatskiye Polyany, Kotelnich, Sovetsk | ||
The Vyatka River (Russian: Вя́тка; [ˈvʲatkə]; Tatar: Нократ, Noqrat; Mari: Виче, Viče, Udmurt: Ватка, Vatka) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, a right tributary of the Kama River. It is 1,314 kilometres (816 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 129,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi).
Map of Vyatka River, Russia
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. Its principal tributaries are Kobra, Letka, Velikaya, Moloma, Pizhma, Cheptsa, Bystritsa, Voya, and Kilmez Rivers. The Vyatka River teems with fish: bream, roach, tench, sheat fish, pike, European perch, zander, etc.
The Vyatka River is navigable from its mouth to the city of Kirov, 700 kilometres (430 mi) upriver. The main ports are Kirov, Kotelnich, Sovetsk, and Vyatskiye Polyany.