Founded in 1923, the village of Arkhyz is located at an altitude of 1450 m above sea level and is located near the confluence of the rivers Arkhyz (the main tributary of the Dukka) and the Psysh (the main tributary of Sofia), which is considered to be the beginning of the Indryuk-suu ullah (in Karachaevsky) or Bolshoi Zelenchuk (the main tributary in the area of ​​the village of the river Kizgich) is the main waterway of the valley. This place is called the Karachai five-Rivers. High and steep mountain ranges reliably protect the valley from the winds. From the north, it is the high and long ridge Abishir-Akhuba (highest point 3173m), running parallel to the Main Caucasian ridge, which is the southern wall of the valley (the highest points of Mount Pshish 3790m, Amanauz 3530m.