Drentsche Aa

The Drentsche Aa () is a river rising in the Dutch province of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

, flowing through Drenthe and for the last part the province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

. 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 ( ; ; or ; ; ; ) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the range of low-lying Frisian Islands, forming a shallow body of water with t ...

. 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 A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...

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 image:Hoogstraatje RA.JPG, 300px, The Hoogstraatje in Groningen (province), Groningen, the northernmost hill of t ...

. Rivers of Groningen (province) Rivers of Drenthe Rivers of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-river-stub