Danube water levels 2023 and similar topics - plus tips and info

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Let us have a look at how the river at Pfelling did in December:

 

While the level recovered after the November rain it did not go back to the mean so we started December on a relatively high baseline. From there we see a bit of standard fluctuation and then the sudden rise bringing the river over the line for the highest permitted level for river traffic (HSW). The level dropped fast but not enough. The second wave followed over Christmas and brought the level up even higher.

 

This is how the river reacted further downstream at Passau. Note that between Pfelling and Passau is a lock and two rivers with potentially high volumes of water, the Isar and the Vils, joining:

It is the same pattern but the first wave is minimally higher than the second, contrary to what we see in the graph for Pfelling.

 

None of the years from 2010 to 2022 show any level of this height or a level pattern of two extremes in November/December at Passau. It has been an exceptional season.

 

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[notamermaid]

Time to move on to 2024.

 

So to end just a thank you to all who have contributed or taken an interest in this thread in the background. Special thank you to @steamboats for helping us the past year again as our woman on the ground for the German Danube. And a thank you to @Izengolf for sending reports from much further downstream on this mighty river in Europe.

 

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