Pegel Dalum — Ems
The Ems at Dalum was 143 cm at 04:45 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 1 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 139 cm · highest 146 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Ems
Papenburg 476 cm Weener 465 cm Leerort 457 cm Terborg 441 cm Pogum 417 cm Emden Neue Seeschleuse 408 cm Knock 428 cm Dukegat 452 cm Emshörn 466 cm Wachendorf 125 cm Fuestrup 110 cm Rheine Unterschleuse 196 cm Lingen-Darme 133 cm Rühle 119 cm Versen Wehrdurchstich 106 cm Versen Wehr Op 247 cm
River km 212.0 · Standort Meppen · map ↗
Reading a gauge
- The number is not the depth. It is measured from a fixed gauge zero, so the shipping channel holds more water than the reading suggests.
- Low means below the gauge's mean low water (MNW); high means above its mean high water (MHW). Flood warnings come from each German state's flood centre.
- On the Rhine, barges load by the Kaub gauge in the Middle Rhine gorge; as it falls they carry less and freight costs rise.
- Swimming in the Rhine is dangerous at any level: strong currents and ship wash pull swimmers under.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Gauges on Germany's federal waterways, as published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration every 15 minutes. These are raw readings ("Rohdaten") that can still be corrected. Small rivers run by the German states are not in this network — for those and for flood warnings, use your state's Hochwasserzentrale.
Data: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE, licence DL-DE→Zero-2.0.