Charles River
Appearance
Charles River | |
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File:Longfellow pru.jpg | |
File:Charlesrivermap.png Charles, Mystic, and Neponset river watersheds | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
Cities | Hopkinton, Cambridge, Boston |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Echo Lake |
- location | Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States |
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- elevation | 350 ft (110 m) |
Mouth | Boston Harbor |
- location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
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- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 80 mi (130 km) |
Basin size | 308 sq mi (800 km2) |
Discharge | |
- average | 302 cu ft/s (8.6 m3/s) |
- minimum | 0.1 cu ft/s (0.0028 m3/s) |
- maximum | 4,150 cu ft/s (118 m3/s) |
The Charles River is a river that runs between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts. It is 80 miles long and starts at Hopkinton, Massachusetts and ends at the Atlantic Ocean after feeding through the Boston Harbour.