Charles River
The Charles River, sometimes abbreviated to the Charles, is an 80-mile-long river in eastern Massachusetts. It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a meandering route which doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
- Stream
- Description: river in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as“Deer Brook”“Massachusetts River”“Quinobequin”“Quinobequin River”“Quinobin River”
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Charles River
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Latitude
42.37093° or 42° 22′ 15″ north
Longitude
-71.0495° or 71° 2′ 58″ west
Open location code
87JC9XC2+96
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Charles River” goes by many names.
نهر تشارلزArabic
Ríu CharlesAsturian
CharlesBasque
Charles (ibaia)Basque
Charles RiverBavarian
ЧарлзBelarusian
Чарлз (рака)Belarusian
ЧарльзBelarusian
Charles RiverCatalan
Riu CharlesCatalan
Charles RiverCebuano
ڕووباری چارلزCentral Kurdish
查尔斯河Chinese
ЧарльзChuvash
CharlesCroatian
Charles (rijeka)Croatian
Charles RiverDanish
CharlesDutch
Charles RiverDutch
نهر تشارلزEgyptian Arabic
CharlesEsperanto
Rivero KaroloEsperanto
Charlesi jõgiEstonian
CharlesjokiFinnish
Río CharlesGalician
צ’ארלסHebrew
Abhainn CharlesIrish
CharlesItalian
チャールズ川Japanese
찰스강Korean
ČarlzasLithuanian
ചാൾസ് നദിMalayalam
Charles RiverNorwegian
Charles RiverNorwegian Bokmål
رود چارلزPersian
رودخانه چارلزPersian
CharlesPolish
ЧарлзRussian
ЧарльзRussian
CharlesSerbo-Croatian
Charles (rijeka)Serbo-Croatian
Charles RiverSlovenian
Mto CharlesSwahili
Charles RiverSwedish
Charles NehriTurkish
Чарлз (річка)Ukrainian
ЧарльзUkrainian
Чарльз (річка)Ukrainian
CharlesVenetian
Afon CharlesWelsh
CharlesWestern Frisian
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