Caption

Dry riverbed, brittle floes, extreme low water, Rhine level at 41 cm, downward trend, freighters must sail with reduced load, after the long drought, the left bank of the Rhine falls dry near Düsseldorf Oberkassel, Rheinkniebrücke, Rheinturm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jul 15, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H42_276

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (47.5Mb) / 28.8in x 19.2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

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