| Inde | |
|---|---|
 Inde inAachen-Kornelimünster | |
 Map of theRur Basin, including the Inde | |
| Native name | L'Inde (French) |
| Location | |
| Countries | Germany andBelgium |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Hautes Fagnes |
| • elevation | ±400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Rur |
• coordinates | 50°53′58″N6°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 |
TheInde (German pronunciation:[ˈɪndə];French:L'Inde) is a small river inBelgium and inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany.
The Inde is a left (western) tributary of theRur/Roer, in easternBelgium and inNorth Rhine-Westphalia, westernGermany.
Its source is nearRaeren, in Eastern Belgium. The Inde runs throughAachen-Kornelimünster,Eschweiler, andInden. Its mouth is on the Rur nearJülich. Because oflignite 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.
Its name is ofCeltic origin:Inda. The Inde has a counterpart, a "small Inde", inFrance: theAndelle, 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 EmperorLouis the Pious founded theKornelimünster Abbey monastery along one of its old courses in 815.
