Editing Inde

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{{Infobox river
| name              = Inde
| native_name       ={{native name|fr|L'Inde}}
| image             = Inde in Kornelimuenster 31-01-2005.jpg
| image_size        = 
| image_alt         = 
| image_caption     = Inde in [[Kornelimünster/Walheim|Aachen-Kornelimünster]]
| map               = Indeverlauf.png 
| map_size          = 
| map_alt           = 
| map_caption       = Map of the [[:Category:Rur basin|Rur Basin]], including the Inde
| source1_location  = [[Hautes Fagnes]] 
| mouth_location    = [[Rur (river)|Rur]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|53|58|N|6|21|46|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Countries
| subdivision_name1 = [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]]
| length            = {{convert|54.1|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}
| source1_elevation = ±{{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg    = 
| basin_size        = {{convert|374|km2|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}
| progression       = {{RRur}}
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The '''Inde''' ({{langx|fr|L'Inde}}) is a small river in [[Belgium]] and in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]].


==Geography==
[[File:Indeauen2.jpg|thumb|The Inde in Weisweiler]]
The Inde is a left (western) tributary of the [[Roer|Rur/Roer]], in eastern [[Belgium]] and in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], western [[Germany]].

Its source is near [[Raeren]], in Eastern Belgium. The Inde runs through [[Kornelimünster/Walheim|Aachen-Kornelimünster]], [[Eschweiler]], and [[Inden, North Rhine-Westphalia|Inden]]. Its mouth is on the Rur near [[Jülich]]. Because of [[lignite]] opencast mining, a section of the course was diverted near Inden-Lamersdorf in 2003.

Tributaries of the Inde include the streams: Omerbach, Otterbach, Saubach, Vichtbach, and Wehebach.

[[File:Brücke über den Iterbach.jpg|thumb|''Itertalviadukt'' viaduct of the [[Vennbahn]] railway over the Inde]]

==History==
Its name is of [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] origin: ''Inda''. The Inde has a counterpart, a "small Inde", in [[France]]: the [[Andelle]], which is a {{convert|55|km|mi|adj=on}} long river in the French département Seine-Maritime and whose original name was Indella.<br/> 
The suffix -ella is an example for Celtic river names comparing for instance Mosella (= [[Moselle]], i.e. "small Mosa (= [[Meuse|Maas]])"). For the name "Inde", the Indoeuropean stem *wed (= water) is supposed, like in words like Italian "onda" and French "onde" (= wave). {{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

The Inde acquired historical importance when Emperor [[Louis the Pious]] founded the [[Kornelimünster Abbey]] monastery along one of its old courses in 815.

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
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==References==

[[Category:International rivers of Europe]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Ardennes (Belgium)]]
[[Category:Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Belgium]]
[[Category:Rivers of Liège Province]]
[[Category:Raeren]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Eifel]]
[[Category:Rivers of Germany]]