The Drentsche Aa () is a river rising in the
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province of
Drenthe, flowing through Drenthe and for the last part the province of
Groningen. It ends in the
Schipsloot near Haren, which flows into the
Noord-Willemskanaal; however, originally it ended into the
Selwerderdiep. The water finally ends in the
Lauwersmeer and
Waddenzee
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vadehavet; fy, Waadsee, longname=yes; frr, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern conti ...
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In Groningen and the northernmost part of Drenthe the water is known as Drentsche Aa (sometimes Aa in Groningen), but in Drenthe it has a multitude of local names, such as ''Deurzerdiep'', ''Looner Diep'', ''Taarlosche Diep'', ''Oudemolensche Diep'', ''Schipborgsche Diep'', and ''Westerdiep''. A large part of the
catchment
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of the Drentsche Aa is located in the
Drentsche Aa National Landscape
National Park Drentsche Aa is a national park of the Netherlands located in the province of Drenthe on the west side of the Hondsrug. It consists of the cultural landscape surrounding the valley of the small river the Drentsche Aa. The landscape i ...
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Rivers of Groningen (province)
Rivers of Drenthe
Rivers of the Netherlands
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