Vyatka
Vyatka is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 57.35°, 50.05°
About Vyatka
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 mi2).
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.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Vyatka (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Vyatka: Key Facts
| Length | 1,314 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 890 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 129,000 km² |
| Source | Yarsky District |
| Mouth | Kama |
| Drainage system | Volga Basin |
| Tributaries | Belaya Kholunitsa, Cheptsa, Kilmez, Kobra, Letka, Moloma, Pizhma, Plesnitsa |
Facts from Wikidata Q192495 (CC0).
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Water Bodies in the Catchment
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Vyatka: Quick Answers
- Where is Vyatka?
- Vyatka is located in Russia, at 57.3526° N, 50.0527° E.
- Are there dams on the Vyatka?
- No dam on the Vyatka is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.