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
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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.
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