Skip to content
Charente

File:Charente_à_Tonnay.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ123362· pop 48· linked from 265 articles

Also known as Carantonus

river in France

Key facts

Native name
Charanta ( Occitan )
Country
France
Location
Haute-Vienne
Length
381 km (237 mi)
Basin size
10,000 km (3,900 mi )
Average
40 m /s (1,400 cu ft/s)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Image
Charente à Tonnay.jpg
Length
381.4
Show 4 more facts
native label
Charente
Commons category
Charente River
watershed area
10549
discharge
40
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Article

The Charente ( French: [ʃaʁɑ̃t] ; Occitan: Charanta [tʃaˈɾantɔ]) is a 381-kilometre (237 mi) long river in southwestern France. Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Rochefort.

Navigation

Gallery (2)

On the map

Connections

Categories