Vyatka River

river, Russia

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The Vyatka River is a river in east-central Russia, approximately 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) long. It flows into the Kama River. The Kama River itself is a significant waterway in west-central Russia, flowing for 1,122 miles (1,805 km) before entering the Volga River. The Volga River is the longest river in Europe and a crucial part of Russia's historical and economic landscape.123

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…the entire basin of the Vyatka River. It is a rolling morainic plain rising from the broad, central valley of the Vyatka to the dissected limestone uplands of the Severnye Hills in the north and the Vyatsky Hills and Verkhne (Upper) Kama upland in the east. Nearly all the oblast…
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…the entire basin of the Vyatka River. It is a rolling morainic plain rising from the broad, central valley of the Vyatka to the dissected limestone uplands of the Severnye Hills in the north and the Vyatsky Hills and Verkhne (Upper) Kama upland in the east. Nearly all the oblast…
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