Afon Cych (often written "Cuch") is a small river tributary to the
River Teifi in south-west
Wales. Its "official" source (although not its highest headwater) is at Blaencych . It flows north-westwards through a deep, wooded, secluded valley, and joins the River Teifi at
Abercych . Its total length is 13 km. It receives numerous small tributaries: the Sylgen, Barddi, Mamog, Dwrog and Lŵyd on the east side, and the Pedran, Cneifa and Dulas on the west side. It formed the ancient boundary between the
commotes of
Emlyn Is Cuch and Emlyn Uwch Cuch, and it today forms part of the boundary between
Pembrokeshire and
Carmarthenshire.
The valley (Glyn Cych) is well-known in Welsh literature as the place where, in the Mabinogion, Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed has his fateful meeting with Arawn, Lord of the Underworld. Boundary streams were often thought of as portals to the underworld.