Laba | |
Map: | Laba.svg |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Krasnodar Krai#Caucasus mountains#European Russia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.2875°N 40.8958°W |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.1872°N 39.6914°W |
Length: | 214km (133miles) |
Basin Size: | 12500km2 |
The Laba (Russian: Лаба; Circassian: Лабэжъ Labez̄) is a river in Krasnodar Krai and Adygea of European Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kuban, which it joins at Ust-Labinsk. It is formed by the confluence of the Bolshaya Laba and the Malaya Laba (Малая Лаба; Лабэжьый Labez̄yj). It is used for irrigation and log driving. It is also suitable for rafting. It is long (including the Bolshaya Laba), and has a drainage basin of .
Its main tributaries are, from source to mouth, Malaya Laba (left), Khodz (left), Chokhrak (left), Chamlyk (right), Fars (left), Ulka (left), Giaga (left) and Psenafa (left).