The Rhine is at an exceptional low – a 1-in-63-year event. Worryingly, this is a pattern: 2018, 2022 and today all rank in the top-10 lowest discharges measured at Lobith since 1901. Only November 1947 saw less water. However, modern water demand is vastly higher than it was in the winter of 1947.
HydrologyNL@hydrology.nl · 16h agoWas just informed that the water level of the river Rhine has dropped too low for the official measuring point at Lobith to record it. Lobith is the critical border location where the river enters the Netherlands from Germany, serving as the primary gateway for monitoring national water inflow.
