Rhine · km 780
On 25/10/2026 at 05:15 the Duisburg-Ruhrort gauge read 180 cm, 27 cm higher than 24 hours earlier. Source: PEGELONLINE (WSV).
Gauge Duisburg-Ruhrort is on the Rhine at kilometre 780, on the km 763–794 stretch.
The GlW is 227 cm and the fairway depth maintained below it (TuGlW) is 280 cm; after deducting 30 cm of safety margin the official rule of thumb comes out at Duisburg-Ruhrort +23. In practice Duisburg-Ruhrort +20 is used here, -3 cm against the official rule.
The fairway depth below GlW is what counts as long as no Fehltiefen are reported. Fehltiefen (shortfalls in fairway depth) are published on ELWIS Fehltiefen. The safety margin is not a statutory value and has to be taken on top of the reduced fairway depth listed there.
At high water Marke I is at 930 cm and Marke II, above which the waterway closes, at 1130 cm.
This gauge has 4 forecast sources: the 4-day forecast from Elwis (green), the 2-day forecast from the Hochwasserzentrale Rheinland-Pfalz (red), the 14-day forecast from the BAfG (yellow) and the 6-week forecast from the BAfG (blue, set the time range to 6 weeks to see it). Upstream lies Düsseldorf, downstream Wesel.
The reference planes at the Duisburg-Ruhrort gauge, evaluated at the gauge's position.
Gauge zero: 16.106 m NHN (DHHN2016)