Caption

The extreme low water in the Rhine, near Emmerich on the border with the Netherlands, the water level has been below zero cm for days, the level is dry, but there is still water in the shipping channel so that cargo ships, sometimes with only 25 percent of the normal load, water level on the day of recording in Emmerich minus 26 cm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 13, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26I25_246

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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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