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{{Short description|River in Germany}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Ennepe
| image             = Hagen - Ennepe (Frankstraße) 01 ies.jpg 
| image_caption     = 
| source1_location  = [[Sauerland]] 
| mouth_location    = [[Volme]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51.3656|7.4544|display=inline,title}}
| progression       = {{RVolme}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Germany]]
| length_km = 42.1
| length_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|422|m|ft|abbr=on}} 
| mouth_elevation   = {{convert|99|m|ft|abbr=on}} 
| discharge1_avg    = 
| basin_size_km2 = 188
| basin_size_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}
}}

The '''Ennepe''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛnəpə}}) is a river,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ennepe|url=https://www.ruhrverband.de/en/rivers-lakes/rivers/ennepe/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Ruhrverband|language=en}}</ref> and a left [[tributary]] of the [[Volme]] in Northern [[Sauerland]], [[Germany]].

It gave its name to the town [[Ennepetal]], and the district [[Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis]].

==Course of River==
The Ennepe begins in the [[Märkischer Kreis]] southeast of [[Halver]], at 422 m above sea level, and continues to the Ennepetalsperre <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ennepe Reservoir|url=https://ruhrverband.de/en/rivers-lakes/reservoirs/ennepe-reservoir/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Ruhrverband|language=en}}</ref>(reservoir, 307 m above sea level).

The river flows through [[Ennepetal]], [[Gevelsberg]], and the western boroughs of [[Hagen]].

It flows into the [[Volme]], near [[Hagen Central Station]] (elevation: 99 m above sea level).

Parts of the river are canalized.

==Flora and fauna==
The Ennepe provides habitat for numerous animal and plant types.

Among are fishes, the [[grey heron]], [[Wiktionary:neophyte|neophyte]] plants, and [[Orange Jewelweed]]{{Verify source|date=December 2008}}<!-- de: Amerikanisches Springkraut ("American touch-me-not"). I. capensis is apparently the only American sp. of Impatiens naturalized in Europe --> (''Impatiens capensis'', in Hagen).

==Industrial use==
In the pre-industrial age, several [[Mill (grinding)|mills]] were built alongside the river.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, several small [[Iron plantation|iron plants]] were operated there.

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[[Category:Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Germany]]