River de Aa

The Aa is a stream and downstream a smaller river in the east of the Dutch province of North Brabant.

The canalized stream originates near Nederweert in Limburg and joins with the Zuid-Willemsvaart and the Dommel at the Citadel in the center of 's-Hertogenbosch. Aa and Dommel together form the Dieze, which flows into the Meuse just north of 's-Hertogenbosch.

The stream, whose name means water, was canalized in the 1930s.

Due to land consolidation in the 1960s, the old cultural landscape in the Aa valley has changed significantly since then.

Since 1993, the Aa no longer forms a hydrological whole; since then, the upper reaches are a short influx from the Zuid-Willemsvaart, while the 46 km long lower reaches are a parallel loop of the canal.

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