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Charente (river)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Charente (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɑ̃t], Occitan: Charanta [tʃaˈɾantɔ]) is a 381-kilometre (237 mi) long river in southwestern France. Its source is in the department of Haute-Vienne 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.

Flows through: France.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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