Kama

Kama, the principal affluent of the Volga, rises in the Russian government of Vyatka, and after an almost circular course (north-west by east and south-east to south-west) of 1050 miles joins the Volga from the left 43 miles below the town of Kazan. Its chief tributaries are the Vyatka, the Tchussovaya, and the Bielaya, all navigable. The Kama is navigable from Perm, a distance of 930 miles. Area of drainage basin, 177,560 sq. m. The river is free of ice about 200 days in the year, and constitutes one of the most important highways of communication between Siberia and Nijni Novgorod and St Petersburg.