Ilme

{{Short description|River in Germany}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Ilme

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| image = Ilme1.JPG

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| image_caption = Ilme in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park along the L548 (Sievershausen - Abbecke)

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Lower Saxony

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| length_km = 33.0

| length_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}}

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| source1_location = In the Solling, by the L 548 between Uslar and Dassel

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|51.72111|9.6166667|type:river_region:DE-NI|format=dms|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{Höhe|340|DE-NN|link=true }}

| mouth_location = East of Einbeck into the Leine

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|51.815|9.925|type:river_region:DE-NI|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{Höhe|105|DE-NN|link=true}}

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| basin_landmarks = {{ubl|Large towns: Einbeck|Small towns: Dassel|Villages: Relliehausen, Ellensen, Markoldendorf, Hullersen,}}

| progression = {{RLeine}}

| basin_size_km2 = 393

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| tributaries_right = Wolfsbach, Hülsebach, Lummerke, Riepenbach, Dieße, Rotte, Rebbe

| tributaries_left = Abbecker Bach, Repkebach, Schlingenbach, Spüligbach, Bewer, Krummes Wasser

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The Ilme is a left-bank, western tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is {{cvt|33.0|km}} long.

The river begins at the pond {{ill|Neuer Teich (Solling)|lt=Neuer Teich|de}} in the centre of the Solling hills at an elevation of {{Höhe|340|DE-NN|link=true}} and flows initially northwards to Dassel, then in an easterly direction through {{ill|Markoldendorf|de}} (a district of Dassel) to Einbeck, after which it discharges into the Leine near Volksen at an elevation of {{cvt|105|m}}.