Cheptsa River

The Tschepza at Glasow

Position of Tschepza ( Чепца ) in the catchment area of the Vyatka

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The Tschepza (Russian, Udmurt Чупчи ) is a left tributary of Vyatka in the European part of Russia.

Course

The Tschepza rises in the extreme west of the Perm region in the southwestern Kamahöhen. It flows initially in a southerly direction, a distance of approximately 20 km, the border with the Republic of Udmurtia, where she then pivoted around in a northwesterly direction, first to the west and.

Then it flows through very curvy northeastern Udmurtia, before she turns to the confluence of the Losa to the north. They passed the place Tschepza and bends to the west. Shortly before Balesino she turns again in a northwesterly direction.

After the Tschepza Glasow has happened, it flows towards the west, where it reaches the border of the Kirov Oblast shortly after the mouth of the Lekma. It flows through the eastern part of the Oblast to the west until it empties in Kirovo - Tschepezk east of Kirov in the Vyatka.

Use

The Tschepza is navigable from its mouth on for 135 km in the ice-free period from the end of April / beginning of May to November.

The river is rich in fish, including bream, roach, tench, catfish, pike and sander.