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{{Short description|River in Latvia and Russia}}
{{Infobox river
| name              =Kukhva
| native_name       = {{native name list |tag1=ru|name1=Кухва |tag2=lv|name2=Kūkova}}
| image             =Kuhva linava.JPG
| image_size        =<!--Optional; defaults to 288 px-->
| image_caption     =The Kukhva in the Pytalovsky District
| source1_location  =[[Lake Numerne]]
| mouth             = [[Velikaya]]
| mouth_location    =
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|22|28|N|28|09|47|E|region:RU_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}
| progression       = {{RVelikaya}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 =[[Latvia]], [[Russia]]
| length            ={{convert|106|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="register">{{cite web|url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=150030|script-title=ru:Река Кухва (Кухава)|publisher=State Water Register of Russia|language=Russian|accessdate= 15 July 2012}}</ref>
| source1_elevation = {{convert|107|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| mouth_elevation   =
| discharge1_avg    = <!-- {{convert|0.156|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} -->
| basin_size        ={{convert|828|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="register"/>
}}
The '''Kukhva''' ({{langx|lv|Kūkova}}, {{langx|ru|Кухва}}) is a river in [[Kārsava Municipality|Kārsava]], [[Baltinava Municipality|Baltinava]], and [[Viļaka Municipality|Viļaka]] municipalities of [[Latvia]] and in [[Pytalovsky District|Pytalovsky]] and [[Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast|Ostrovsky Districts]] of [[Pskov Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. It is a left [[tributary]] of the [[Velikaya]]. It is {{convert|106|km|mi}} long, and the area of its basin {{convert|828|km2|sqmi}}.
The source of the Kukhva is [[Lake Numerne]] 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.
==References==
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{{Rivers of Russia}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Latvia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Pskov Oblast]]
[[Category:International rivers of Europe]]
[[Category:Latvia–Russia border]]