Inde

For the tribe of Native Americans that use the name Indé to describe themselves, see Apache. For the country, see India.

River in Belgium and Germany

Inde

Inde in Aachen-Kornelimünster

Map of the Rur Basin, including the Inde

Native name| L'Inde (French)
Location
Countries| Germany and Belgium
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Hautes Fagnes
• elevation| ±400 m (1,300 ft)
Mouth|

• location

| Rur

• coordinates

| 50°53′58″N 6°21′46″E﻿ / ﻿50.89944°N 6.36278°E﻿ / 50.89944; 6.36278
Length| 54.1 km (33.6 mi) [1]
Basin size| 374 km2 (144 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression| Rur→ Meuse→ North Sea

The Inde (French: L'Inde) is a small river in Belgium and in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

## Geography

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The Inde in Weisweiler

The Inde is a left (western) tributary of the Rur/Roer, in eastern Belgium and in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.

Its source is near Raeren, in Eastern Belgium. The Inde runs through Aachen-Kornelimünster, Eschweiler, and 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.

Itertalviadukt viaduct of the Vennbahn railway over the Inde

## History

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Its name is of Celtic origin: Inda. The Inde has a counterpart, a "small Inde", in France: the Andelle, which is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) long river in the French département Seine-Maritime and whose original name was Indella.
The suffix -ella is an example for Celtic river names comparing for instance Mosella (= Moselle, i.e. "small Mosa (= Maas)"). For the name "Inde", the Indoeuropean stem *wed (= water) is supposed, like in words like Italian "onda" and French "onde" (= wave). [citation needed]

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

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* List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

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## References

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1. ^ a b Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)