Uzh River

Uzh River

Infobox River
river_name = Uzh River



caption = Uzh River near Uzhhorod
origin = Ukraine
mouth = Laborec
basin_countries = Ukraine, Slovakia
length = 127 km (79 mi)
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 2750 km²

The Uzh ( _uk. Уж; translit. "Uzh"; _sk. Uh; _hu. Ung, _pl. Uż) is a river in Ukraine and Slovakia. Its name comes from the ancient west slavic dialect word "už" , meaning "Snake", (lat. "Serpentes").

It is 127 km long, out of which 21.3 km are in Slovakia. It flows into the Laborec river near the city of Drahňov in the Michalovce District (okres).

The Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod is situated by the Uzh river.


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