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The Ujh river (or Ujjh river) is a tributary of the Ravi River that flows through the Kathua district in the Indian state of Punjab.
Four streams, Bhini, Sutar, Dunarki and Talan join Ujh at Panjtirthi. Ujh and Bhini are perennial rivers. The rest are seasonal.
At Karandi Khurd (), the Ujh river spins off a 'western branch', which joins back with the main branch near Gharotta in Pakistani Punjab (). Even though it is but a small stream, the western branch achieved notability as Radcliffe Line defined the India–Pakistan border to follow the course of this branch until reaching the trijunction of the Shakargarh, Pathankot and Gurdaspur Tehsil. From the trijunction, the border was to follow the tehsil boundaries.
A new Ujh Hydroelectrical Power Project dam, 196 MW, at () will store 925 million cubic metres of water. India to expedite 3 projects to stop its share of Indus waters from flowing into Pakistan, The Economic Times, 25 November 2018. Ujh Multipurpose Project, Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited. Under-construction stalled project expedited in April 2025 after the termination of IWT. Indus Waters Treaty Suspended: Modi Government Fast-Tracks Five Major Hydropower Projects in Jammu & Kashmir - Details Here, timesnownews.com, 28 Apr 2025.
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