Schaler Aa is a river of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

and

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

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. It flows into the

Große Aa The Große Aa is a , right, eastern tributary of the River Ems in western Lower Saxony (Germany). It begins in the ''Samtgemeinde'' Freren, near the quarter of Overwater, at the confluence of the Deeper Aa and Ahe rivers. From there is flows t ...

south of

Freren Freren () is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km east of Lingen. Freren is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrativ ...

. The river springs as Weeser Aa southeast of the

Ankum Heights The Ankum Heights (), also called the Fürstenau Hills (''Fürstenauer Berge''), are a ridge of hills up to 140 m high in the western part of the state of Lower Saxony on the North German Plain. Geography The densely forested Ankum Heig ...

and east of Merzen in Lower Saxony. After crossing the boundary between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, it changes it name into Halverder Aa and near (a district of

Hopsten Hopsten is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Rheine Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt (district), Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany ...

) into Halverder-Schaler Aa. Near (a district of

), it changes its name again into Schaler Aa. Finally, it discharges into the Große Aa south of Freren.

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Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-river-stub

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