Pegel Detershagen — Elbe-Havel-Kanal
The Elbe-Havel-Kanal at Detershagen was 304 cm at 05:30 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 5 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range. Flow: 2 m³/s.
Last 7 days
Lowest 294 cm · highest 313 cm · 671 readings
Other gauges on the Elbe-Havel-Kanal
Burg 306 cm Zerben Op 306 cm Zerben Up 306 cm Genthin 304 cm Schlagenthiner Stremme 133 cm Roßdorf 158 cm Kade 304 cm Wusterwitz Op 306 cm Wusterwitz Up 266 cm
River km 326.8 · Standort Brandenburg · 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.