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
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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