Uzh River
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For the Uzh river in northern Ukraine , see Uzh River (Northern Ukraine).
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| Origin | Ukraine |
| Mouth | Laborec |
| Basin countries | Ukraine, Slovakia |
| Length | 127 km (79 mi) |
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| 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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