Pegel Lingen-Darme — Ems
The Ems at Lingen-Darme was 134 cm at 05:30 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 7 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 120 cm · highest 135 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Ems
Papenburg 437 cm Weener 429 cm Leerort 420 cm Terborg 411 cm Pogum 406 cm Emden Neue Seeschleuse 417 cm Knock 456 cm Dukegat 490 cm Emshörn 504 cm Wachendorf 127 cm Fuestrup 111 cm Rheine Unterschleuse 197 cm Dalum 144 cm Rühle 120 cm Versen Wehrdurchstich 106 cm Versen Wehr Op 247 cm
River km 196.2 · 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.