Caption

Extreme low water in the Rhine, the du-Ruhrort level was 130 cm at the time of recording, the lowest water level so far in 2018 was 153 cm, Hüttenwerke Krupp-Mannesmann, HKM, gas power plant, cargo ships on the Rhine only travel with a significantly reduced load, view of Du-Friemersheim to Duisburg-Wanheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 16, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26I49_194

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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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