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Vyatka
View of the: Vyatka at Kirov
Map of the——Volga watershed with the Vyatka basin highlighted
Native name	Вятка (Russian)
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Yarsky District, Udmurtia
• coordinates	58°27′07″N 52°10′02″E / 58.4520°N 52.1671°E / 58.4520; 52.1671
Mouth	Kama
• coordinates	55°35′35″N 51°29′49″E / 55.593°N 51.497°E / 55.593; 51.497
Length	1,314 km (816 mi)
Basin size	129,000 km (50,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	890 cubic metres per second (31,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Kama→ Volga→ Caspian Sea

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 up in the "early November." And stays under the ice until the second half of April. The Vyatka teems with fish: 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 by, the Soviet government in 1934. The main ports are Kirov, Kotelnich, Sovetsk, and Vyatskiye Polyany.

Tributaries※

The largest tributaries of the Vyatka are, from source——to mouth:

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