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{{Infobox river
| name = Nete
| image = Grote Nete.jpg
| image_caption = The Grote Nete
| map = Nèthe OSM.png
| source1_location = [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|51.1315|4.5813}}
| source1_elevation = 
| mouth_location = [[Rupel]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51.0735|4.4201|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = 
| progression = {{RRupel}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Belgium]]
| length = {{convert|98|km|abbr=on}} (Nete 13 km, Grote Nete 85 km)
| discharge1_avg = 
| basin_size = {{convert|1673|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://www.milieuboot.be/downloads/sleeptouw-kleur/werkbl-9-VERENIG_Duffel-Grobbendonk_PRINT.pdf Het Netebekken]</ref><ref name=ibwh/>
}}
[[File:De nete.jpg|thumb|The Grote Nete near Heist-op-den-Berg|500px]]

The '''Nete''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈneːtə}}; {{langx|fr|Nèthe}}, {{IPA|fr|nɛt}}) is a [[river]] in northern [[Belgium]], right tributary of the [[Rupel]]. It flows through the Belgian province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. It is formed in [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]], at the confluence of the rivers '''Grote Nete''' and '''Kleine Nete'''. It flows through [[Duffel]] and joins the river [[Dijle]] in [[Rumst]] to form the river Rupel. It drains nearly 60% of Antwerp province.

==Grote Nete==
The '''Grote Nete''' ''(Big Nete)'' river is about 85 km long<ref name=ibwh>Ingrid Baten & Willy Huybrechts, [https://purews.inbo.be/ws/files/90270/172867.pdf De historische bedding van de bevaarbare Nete], 2002, page 7</ref> and has its source near [[Hechtel-Eksel|Hechtel]] in the Belgian province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. It flows in a western direction along the towns [[Geel]], [[Westerlo]] and [[Heist-op-den-Berg]] before joining the Kleine Nete in Lier. Its main tributaries are the {{illm|Molse Nete|nl|}} near Geel, the {{illm|Grote Laak|nl||sv|}} near Westerlo, and the {{illm|Wimp (river)|lt=Wimp|nl|}} near [[Herenthout]]. 

==Kleine Nete==
The '''Kleine Nete''' ''(Small Nete)'' river is about 50 km long<ref name=ibwh/> and has its source near [[Retie]] in the Belgian province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. North of the Grote Nete flows in south-western direction along the towns [[Herentals]] and [[Nijlen]] before joining the Grote Nete in Lier. Tributaries, all coming from the North, include the {{illm|Wamp (river)|lt=Wamp|nl|}} near [[Kasterlee]], the {{illm|Aa (Antwerp)|lt=Aa|nl|Aa (Antwerpen)}} near [[Grobbendonk]], and the {{illm|Molenbeek-Bollaak|nl|}} near  [[Nijlen]].

==History==
During the French occupation of the [[Southern Netherlands]] (1792–1815) there was a ''[[departments of France|département]]'' named after the river Nete, see [[Deux-Nèthes]].

==Natural landscapes==
In the valley of the Grote Nete lies the [[Scheps (landscape)|Scheps]] [[natural landscape]], between [[Olmen]] and [[Balen|Scheps]].

==References==
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