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The Ale Water is a tributary of the River Teviot, in Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire.
The river rises at Henwoodie Hill on the border of the two counties, and marks that border in its young stages, entering Selkirkshire alone to pour itself into the Alemoor Loch, which has been dammed to create a reservoir. A little below the loch, the river heading northeast enters the valley known as Leap Linn, and resumes the duty of marking the county border before fully entering Roxburghshire, in which county it continues the rest of its course.
The Ale Water passes under the A7 at Ashkirk and later comes to Lilliesleaf, a few miles below which it bends its course to the southeast.
The Ale meets the River Teviot south of the village of Ancrum.
The river's name was originally "Alne".
