Cumberland River

The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the . The 688-mile-long river drains almost 18,000 square miles of southern and north-central .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: Shawanoe River”, “Shawnee River”, and “Warioto River

Cumberland River

Latitude
37.14339° or 37° 8′ 36″ north
Longitude
-88.40754° or 88° 24′ 27″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
869H4HVR+9X
Geo­Names ID
4289255
Wiki­data ID
Q1143718
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Cumberland River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر كمبرلاند
  • Asturian: Ríu Cumberland
  • Basque: Cumberland ibaia
  • Bavarian: Cumberland River
  • Belarusian: Камберленд
  • Belarusian: Рака Камберленд
  • Catalan: Cumberland
  • Cebuano: Cumberland River
  • Chinese: 坎伯兰河
  • Chinese: 坎伯蘭河
  • Chuvash: Камберленд
  • Croatian: Cumberland (rijeka)
  • Croatian: Cumberland
  • Czech: Cumberland
  • Danish: Cumberland floden
  • Danish: Cumberland-floden
  • Danish: Cumberlandfloden
  • Dutch: Cumberland
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر كومبيرلاند
  • French: Cumberland River
  • French: Cumberland
  • German: Cumberland River
  • Hebrew: נהר קמברלנד
  • Hungarian: Cumberland
  • Irish: Abhainn Cumberland
  • Italian: Cumberland
  • Japanese: カンバーランド川
  • Kannada: ಕಂಬರ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ನದಿ
  • Korean: 컴벌랜드강
  • Lithuanian: Kamberlandas
  • Malayalam: കുംബർലാൻഡ് നദി
  • Marathi: कंबरलँड नदी
  • Mingrelian: კამბერლენდი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: კამბერლენდი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cumberland River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cumberland
  • Norwegian: Cumberland
  • Ossetian: Камберленд
  • Persian: رود کامبرلند
  • Persian: رودخانه کامبرلند
  • Persian: رودخانهٔ کامبرلند
  • Polish: Cumberland (rzeka)
  • Polish: Cumberland River
  • Polish: Cumberland
  • Portuguese: Rio Cumberland
  • Romanian: Cumberland
  • Romanian: Râul Cumberland
  • Russian: Камберленд (река)
  • Russian: Камберленд
  • Serbian: Камберланд
  • Slovenian: Cumberland River
  • Slovenian: Cumberland
  • Slovenian: reka Cumberland
  • South Azerbaijani: کامبرلند چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Cumberland
  • Spanish: río Cumberland
  • Spanish: Río Cumberland
  • Tatar: Камберленд
  • Thai: แม่น้ำคัมเบอร์แลนด์
  • Turkish: Cumberland Irmağı
  • Turkish: Cumberland nehri
  • Turkish: Cumberland Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Камберленд
  • Venetian: Cumberland
  • Vietnamese: sông Cumberland
  • Welsh: Afon Cumberland
  • Western Frisian: Cumberland

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