Urukh
The Urukh, known as Kharves in its upper reaches, is a river in North Ossetia–Alania and Kabardino-Balkaria, which flows northeast to join the Terek as a left tributary northwest of Vladikavkaz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
- Also known as: “Æræf”, “Araf”, “Iræf”, and “Iraf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murtazovo.
Murtazovo
Railway station
Photo: Ален Катин, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Murtazovo is a railway station, which is situated 4 km east of Urukh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alexandrovskaya and Terek.
Alexandrovskaya
Village
Photo: Mayskiy7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alexandrovskaya is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Urukh.
Terek
Town
Photo: Тэрч, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terek is a town and the administrative center of Tersky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Terek River, 59 kilometers east of Nalchik. Population: 19,170 . Terek is situated 4½ km east of Urukh.
Deyskoye
Village
Photo: ХазретТлеуж, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deyskoye is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Urukh.
Urukh
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Urukh” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Urukh”
- Azerbaijani: “Urux (çay)”
- Azerbaijani: “Urux”
- Belarusian: “Урух (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Урух”
- Cebuano: “Urukh”
- Chinese: “乌鲁赫河”
- Chinese: “烏魯赫河”
- Czech: “Charves”
- Czech: “Uruch”
- Dutch: “Urukh River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اروخ”
- Erzya: “Урух (лей)”
- Erzya: “Урух”
- Esperanto: “Iraf”
- Esperanto: “Uruĥ”
- Finnish: “Uruh”
- Georgian: “ურუხი”
- German: “Uruch”
- Irish: “Abhainn Urukh”
- Italian: “Uruch”
- Kabardian: “Урыхупс”
- Lithuanian: “Uruchas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Urukh”
- Ossetian: “Æрæф”
- Ossetian: “Æрæфы дон”
- Ossetian: “Ирæф”
- Ossetian: “Ирæфи дон”
- Ossetian: “Урух”
- Persian: “اوروخ”
- Russian: “Ираф”
- Russian: “Урух”
- Turkish: “Uruh”
- Ukrainian: “Урух”
- Welsh: “Afon Urukh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Internatsional’nyy and Aleksandrovskaya.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stantsiya Murtazovo and Mq’invari Samkhreti Zek’ari.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Urukh”. Photo: Timopoetin, CC BY-SA 4.0.