Chagres River
The Chagres River, in central Panama, is the largest river in the Panama Canal's drainage basin. The river is dammed twice, and the resulting reservoirs—Gatun Lake and Lake Alajuela—form an integral part of the canal and its water system.
Photo: Julian.watkins, Public domain.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- Description: river
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pina and Fort Sherman.
Pina
Village
Piña is a corregimiento in Chagres District… Pina is situated 7 km southwest of Chagres River.
Fort Sherman
Hamlet
Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base… Fort Sherman is situated 7 km northeast of Chagres River.
Chagres River
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Latitude
9.31803° or 9° 19′ 5″ north
Longitude
-80.00042° or 80° 0′ 2″ west
Open location code
66XX8X9X+6R
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Chagres River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تشاغريس”
- Asturian: “Ríu Chagres”
- Catalan: “Riu Chagres”
- Cebuano: “Chagres River”
- Cebuano: “Río Chagres”
- Chinese: “查格雷斯河”
- Czech: “Chagres”
- Dutch: “Chagres”
- Esperanto: “Chagres”
- Finnish: “Chagresjoki”
- French: “río Chagres”
- French: “Río Chagres”
- German: “Río Chagres”
- Hebrew: “צ’אגרס”
- Hebrew: “צ’גרס”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chagres”
- Italian: “Chagres”
- Japanese: “チャグレス川”
- Latvian: “Čagresa”
- Lithuanian: “Čagresas”
- Lithuanian: “Čiagresas”
- Malayalam: “ചാഗ്രെസ് നദി”
- Persian: “رود چاگریس”
- Polish: “Chagres”
- Portuguese: “rio Chagres”
- Portuguese: “Rio Chagres”
- Romanian: “Râul Chagres”
- Russian: “Чагрес”
- Saterfriesisch: “Río Chagres”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chagres (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chagres”
- Slovenian: “Chagres”
- Slovenian: “reka Chagres”
- Spanish: “Rio Chagres”
- Spanish: “Río Chagres”
- Swedish: “río Chagres”
- Ukrainian: “Чагрес (річка)”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Chagres”
- Welsh: “Afon Chagres”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Lorenzo and La Unión.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo and Paisaje Protegido San Lorenzo.
Panama: Highlights
Notable places include Panama City and Colon.
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