The Kukhva ( lv, Kūkova, russian: Кухва) is a river in

Kārsava Kārsava (; german: Karsau, russian: Корсовка, ''Korsovka'', yi, קאָרסאָװקע, ''Korsovke'') is a town in Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia, near the border of Russia. The ancient Baltic tribe Latgalians in ...

, Baltinava, and

Viļaka Viļaka ( lv, Viļaka, ; ltg, Vileks; german: Marienhausen; russian: Виляка, ''Vilyaka''; Yiddish: ויליאקי, ''Vilyaki'') is a town in Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,223. Viļaka is l ...

municipalities of

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and in Pytalovsky and Ostrovsky Districts of

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. It is a left

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of the

Velikaya The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky District, Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky District, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky District, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky District, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky District, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky District, Pskov ...

. It is long, and the area of its basin . The source of the Kukhva is

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in eastern Latvia. The river flows north, and a stretch of it forms part of the international border between Latvia and Russia. The Kukhva further north departs from the border, crosses the northern part of Pytalovsky District of Pskov Oblast, forms the border between Ostrovsky and Pytalovsky District, turns east and crossing Ostrovsky District where it joins the Velikaya from the left. The mouth of the Kukhva is in the village of Trushki. The drainage basin of the Kukhva comprises areas in northeastern Latvia, as well as in the north of Pytalovsky District and in the west of Ostrovsky District of Pskov Oblast in Russia.

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{{reflist Rivers of Latvia Rivers of Pskov Oblast International rivers of Europe Latvia–Russia border