# Inini (river)
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{{Infobox river
| name = Inini
| image = File:KITLV A870 - Monding van de Inini-kreek in Marowijne, KITLV 93802.tiff
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| image_caption = Confluence of the Inini River with the Lawa River (1903)
| pushpin_map = French Guiana
| source1_location = Confluence of the Emerillon Creek and the Limonade Creek
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|3.3969|-53.2408}}
| mouth_location = Confluence with [Lawa](/source/Lawa_River_(South_America))
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|03|38|55|N|54|00|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| progression = {{RLawa}}
| subdivision_type1 = Commune
| subdivision_name1 = [Saül](/source/Sa%C3%BCl) & [Maripasoula](/source/Maripasoula), [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana)
| length = 215 km
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The '''Inini''' or '''Grand Inini''' is a river in western [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana). It is a tributary of the [Lawa](/source/Lawa_River_(South_America)), the upper course of the [Maroni](/source/Maroni_(river)). The river is {{convert|215|km|mi|abbr=on}} long (including its upper course Limonade) and non-navigable.[{{sandre|id=52--0200|nom=grand inini (riviere); limonade (crique)}}] The Inini is the only major river in French Guiana which runs east to west, unlike the other major rivers which run south to north.[{{cite web|url=https://www.un-temoin-en-guyane.com/au-temps-de-l-inini|title=Au temps de l'Inini|website=Un Témoin en Guyane|access-date=4 August 2020|language=fr}}] In the beginning of the 20th century, it was the site of a [gold rush](/source/gold_rush), and the gold prospectors have become active in the region again since the 1990s.[{{cite web|url=http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/55504/RevuedEcologie_2002_SUP8_13.pdf?sequence=1|title=Explorations scientifique et aurifère: le paradoxe de Saint-Eugène, Guyane française|website=Revue d'écologie|access-date=4 August 2020|year=2002|author=Pierre-Michel Forget|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324114835/http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/55504/RevuedEcologie_2002_SUP8_13.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1|url-status=dead}}] The [Inini](/source/Inini) territory which has existed between 1930 and 1946 was named after this river.