Charles River

The Charles River, sometimes abbreviated to the Charles, is an 80-mile-long river in eastern . It flows northeast from to along a meandering route which doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Deer Brook”, “Fleuve Charles”, “Massachusetts River”, “Quinobequin”, “Quinobequin River”, “Quinobin River”, “Чарлз (рака)”, “Чарлз (річка)”, and “Чарльз (річка)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: TD Garden and USS Cassin Young.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose arena in , Massachusetts.

Museum
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is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the…

Church
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is an Episcopal church on Salem…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North End and East Boston.

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Known as "Little Italy" for over a hundred years, the…

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A lot of neighborhoods claim to be diverse, but is the real deal.

Neighborhood
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in , …

Charles River

Latitude
42.37093° or 42° 22′ 15″ north
Longitude
-71.0495° or 71° 2′ 58″ west
Open location code
87JC9XC2+96
Geo­Names ID
4932780
Wiki­data ID
Q794927
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Charles River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر تشارلز”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Charles”
  • Basque: “Charles (ibaia)”
  • Basque: “Charles”
  • Bavarian: “Charles River”
  • Belarusian: “Чарлз”
  • Catalan: “Riu Charles”
  • Cebuano: “Charles River”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری چارلز”
  • Chinese: “查尔斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Чарльз”
  • Croatian: “Charles (rijeka)”
  • Croatian: “Charles”
  • Danish: “Charles River”
  • Dutch: “Charles”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تشارلز”
  • Esperanto: “Charles”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Karolo”
  • Estonian: “Charlesi jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Charlesjoki”
  • French: “rivière Charles”
  • French: “Rivière Charles”
  • Galician: “Río Charles”
  • German: “Charles River”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ארלס”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Charles”
  • Italian: “Charles”
  • Japanese: “チャールズ川”
  • Korean: “찰스강”
  • Lithuanian: “Čarlzas”
  • Malayalam: “ചാൾസ് നദി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charles River”
  • Norwegian: “Charles River”
  • Persian: “رود چارلز”
  • Persian: “رودخانه چارلز”
  • Polish: “Charles”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Charles”
  • Russian: “Чарльз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charles (rijeka)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charles”
  • Slovenian: “Charles River”
  • Spanish: “Río Charles”
  • Swahili: “Mto Charles”
  • Swedish: “Charles River”
  • Turkish: “Charles Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарльз”
  • Venetian: “Charles”
  • Welsh: “Afon Charles”
  • Western Frisian: “Charles”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus and Quincy Market.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Shipyard Park and USS Cassin Young.

Massachusetts: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Boston and Cambridge.

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