Caption

Historic low level of the Rhine, here at the Duisburg-Ruhrort level, 149 cm is the lowest water level in the Rhine that has ever been measured here, extreme cuts for inland navigation, which in some cases can only travel with a third of the usual cargo, Ruhrort port, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 01, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H83_453

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NA

Property release

No

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Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

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