# Luzha

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{{Infobox river
| name              = Luzha
| native_name       ={{native name|ru|Лужа}}
| image             = 
| image_caption     = 
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [Russia](/source/Russia)
| length_km = 159
| source1_location  = 
| source1_elevation = 
| source1_coordinates = 
| mouth             = [Protva](/source/Protva)
| mouth_elevation   = 
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|03|40|N|36|34|23|E|display=it}}
| discharge1_avg    = 
| progression       = [Protva](/source/Protva)→ {{ROka}}
| basin_size_km2 = 1400
| tributaries_left  = 
| tributaries_right = 
}}

The '''Luzha''' ({{langx|ru|Лужа}}) is a [river](/source/river) in [Kaluga Oblast](/source/Kaluga_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), which originates in [Moscow Oblast](/source/Moscow_Oblast). It is a right [tributary](/source/tributary) of the [Protva](/source/Protva) (in the [Oka](/source/Oka_(river)) river basin).<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article065072.html Лужа], [Great Soviet Encyclopedia](/source/Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia)</ref> The Luzha has a length of {{convert|159|km|mi|abbr=on}} and a [drainage basin](/source/drainage_basin) area of {{convert|1400|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=gvr>[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=178360 «Река ЛУЖА»], Russian State Water Registry</ref> The Luzha freezes up in November (rarely in December) and breaks up in April. The town of [Maloyaroslavets](/source/Maloyaroslavets), the site of an [important battle](/source/Battle_of_Maloyaroslavets) in 1812 during the [French invasion of Russia](/source/French_invasion_of_Russia), is located on the Luzha.

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