Urukh

The Urukh, known as Kharves in its upper reaches, is a river in and , which flows northeast to join the Terek as a left tributary northwest of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Timopoetin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • 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.

Railway station
Photo: Ален Катин, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 4 km east of Urukh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alexandrovskaya and Terek.

Village
Photo: Mayskiy7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Urukh.

Town
Photo: Тэрч, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and the administrative center of Tersky District of the , Russia, located on the right bank of the River, 59 kilometers east of . Population: 19,170 . is situated 4½ km east of Urukh.

Village
Photo: ХазретТлеуж, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Urukh.

Urukh

Latitude
43.46932° or 43° 28′ 10″ north
Longitude
44.08697° or 44° 5′ 13″ east
Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)
Open location code
8HM6F39P+PQ
Geo­Names ID
478600
Wiki­data ID
Q2626229
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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”
  • Catalan: “Urukh”
  • 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”

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Localities in the Area

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