The Vyatka (; ; ; ; ) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, a right tributary of the Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers . 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, upriver. The main ports are Kirov, Kotelnich, Sovetsk, and Vyatskiye Polyany. Tributaries The largest tributaries of the Vyatka are, from source to mouth: 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) References Rivers of Kirov Oblast Rivers of Tatarstan Rivers of Udmurtia