Uzh River

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For the Uzh river in northern Ukraine Ukraine, see Uzh River (Northern Ukraine).

Uzh River
Uzh River near Uzhhorod
Origin	Ukraine
Mouth	Laborec
Basin countries	Ukraine, Slovakia
Length	127 km (79 mi)
Source elevation
Avg. discharge
Basin area	2750 km²

The Uzh (Ukrainian: Уж; translit. Uzh; Slovak: Uh; Hungarian: Ung, Polish: 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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