Caption

Ruhr floods near Mülheim-Menden, damage to the Ruhr dyke was sealed with large sand packs, flooded Ruhr floodplains, floods on the Ruhr, after long heavy rainfall the river left its bed and flooded the countryside and villages, the highest water level ever measured, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Sep 13, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H91_328

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.9Mb (19.0Mb) / 18.2in x 12.1in / 5464 x 3640 (300dpi)

Keywords

View from above deserted long water level bridge bed city urban photo emergency flood catastrophe misfortune vegetation wave water dike valley river wetland swamp meadow biotope rain Ruhr Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German flora Europe village historic natural Aerial old town big damage view flooded european rainy high operation Germany sandbag city view looking down townscape precipitation mass of water travel photography Ruhrtal swampy Downtown wetland landscape Central Europe View over the city meadow landscape Historic quarter Rainfall floodplain fierce Ruhrauen Ruhr bridge Ruhr floods Ruhr dyke high-angle view no one town urban environment photograph flooding disaster waterfront dyke wet land bog lawn Ruhr area NRW plant life marshland historical original aerial photography historic center large overlook high tide rain-swept tall action German Federal Republic city portrait view down local view water masses Ruhr Valley boggy midtown Middle Europe View over the town grassland landscape Historic district flood plain heavy top down view No People municipal picture high water embankment wetland biotope moor field Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia place marsh area historic centre great facing duty Republic of Germany view of the village muddy city center view on the city nobody floodwater marsh Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia spot historic city center view into deployment FRG cityscape town view marshy city centre view of the town uninhabited Ruhrgebiet historic city centre view over view of the city Overview of the town town center empty historic old town Town centre historical old town Overlook city scape Inner city old city overview Inner town old district Old town area elevated view water levels bridges beds cities photos emergencies floods catastrophes misfortunes vegetations waves waters dikes valleys rivers wetlands swamps meadows biotopes Aerials aerial view aerial shot old towns damages view of View of operations raining sandbags townscapes precipitations masses of water Historic quarters floodplains high-angle shot photographs dykes marshlands historically originally airshot outlook high tides city portraits Historic districts embankments marsh areas bird's eye view marshes BRD cityscapes old historic town Overlooking city scapes overviews from above overhead pont water flood Grass field Europe's history image history images aerial photo aerial photos in use rains Urban view top view top views Top angle Aerial landscape aerial photograph historic part top down flight photo flight photos flight shot flight shots from the sky from the air in the centre of birds eyes view Bird eye view bird view bird perspective