Cruise line
Viking River Cruises
Current water on the corridors this line's catalogue uses, compared with the level Waterlogged calculates a ship of this size wants.
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Which ship
Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m.
- Viking Alruna — 1.6 m
- Viking Egil — 1.6 m
- Viking Hlin — 1.6 m
- Viking Idun — 1.6 m
- Viking Skirnir — 1.6 m
- Viking Var — 1.6 m
- Viking Douro ship (Douro class) — Portugal's River of Gold — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Elbe ship (Elbe class) — Christmas Along the Elbe — 1.45 m (class entry)
- Viking Elbe ship (Elbe class) — Christmas Along the Elbe — 1.45 m (class entry)
- Viking Elbe ship (Elbe class) — Elegant Elbe — 1.45 m (class entry)
- Viking Elbe ship (Elbe class) — Elegant Elbe — 1.45 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Capitals of Eastern Europe — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Capitals of Eastern Europe — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Christmas on the Danube — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Christmas on the Danube — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Danube Christmas Delights — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Danube Christmas Delights — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Danube Waltz — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — European Sojourn — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — European Sojourn — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Grand European Tour — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Oberammergau with Salzburg — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Passage to Eastern Europe — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Passage to Eastern Europe — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Rhine, Main & Danube Odyssey — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Rhine, Main & Danube Odyssey — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Danube class) — Romantic Danube — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Dutch & Belgian class) — Tulips & Windmills — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Gironde class) — Châteaux, Rivers & Wine — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Castles, Vineyards & Villages — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Castles, Vineyards & Villages — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Christmas on the Rhine & Main — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Christmas on the Rhine & Main — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Rhine & Main Explorer — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Main-Danube Canal class) — Rhine & Main Explorer — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Christmas on the Main & Moselle — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Christmas on the Main & Moselle — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Christmas on the Rhine & Moselle — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Christmas on the Rhine & Moselle — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Cities of Light — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Cities of Light — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Paris to the Swiss Alps — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Moselle class) — Paris to the Swiss Alps — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Christmas on the Rhine — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Christmas on the Rhine — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Holland & Belgium — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Holland & Belgium — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Oberammergau, Innsbruck & the Rhine — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhine class) — Rhine Getaway — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhône class) — Lyon & Provence — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhône class) — Lyon & Provence — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhône class) — Lyon, Provence & the Rhineland — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Longship (Rhône class) — Lyon, Provence & the Rhineland — 1.6 m (class entry)
- Viking Seine Longship (Seine class) — Christmastime in Paris & Normandy — 1.55 m (class entry)
- Viking Seine Longship (Seine class) — France's Finest — 1.55 m (class entry)
- Viking Seine Longship (Seine class) — France's Finest — 1.55 m (class entry)
- Viking Seine Longship (Seine class) — London, Paris & D-Day — 1.55 m (class entry)
- Viking Seine Longship (Seine class) — Paris & the Heart of Normandy — 1.55 m (class entry)
A Waterlogged clear-line is our own arithmetic: the gauge reading at which the published reference depth, minus the ship's draught and a fixed safety allowance, still leaves a comfortable margin. It is not an operator's decision rule and no cruise line uses it.
The water today
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Middle Rhine gorge
Free-flowingThe river runs free here, so the level is the constraint: this is where a drought actually binds a hull.
Bingen (Rhine-km 528) – Koblenz (Rhine-km 592)
Kaub Rhine
23 cm falling 1 centimetres over 72 hours falling 1 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
70 cm below the 93 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m.
Official sources and forecasts for Middle Rhine gorge
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
The German federal hydrology institute's own daily water-level forecast for the Rhine and other supported gauges, with BfG's own uncertainty ranges and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. BfG's catalogue metadata asserts CC BY 4.0 but the delivery channels carry no unambiguous grant, so Waterlogged links to the forecast rather than copying, dailyising or scoring its values.
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Official German federal six-week outlook (weekly means) — opens BfG
BfG publishes this as a trend statement in weekly means, not as day-by-day cruise guidance. Open the official product to read BfG's own figures and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Same unresolved reuse basis as the 14-day product. Waterlogged does not convert weekly means into per-day levels or passenger probabilities.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
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Lower Rhine
Free-flowingThe river runs free here, so the level is the constraint: this is where a drought actually binds a hull.
Emmerich (Rhine-km 852) – Cologne (Rhine-km 688)
Cologne Rhine
60 cm falling 8 centimetres over 72 hours falling 8 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
34 cm below the 94 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m.
Official sources and forecasts for Lower Rhine
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
The German federal hydrology institute's own daily water-level forecast for the Rhine and other supported gauges, with BfG's own uncertainty ranges and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. BfG's catalogue metadata asserts CC BY 4.0 but the delivery channels carry no unambiguous grant, so Waterlogged links to the forecast rather than copying, dailyising or scoring its values.
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Official German federal six-week outlook (weekly means) — opens BfG
BfG publishes this as a trend statement in weekly means, not as day-by-day cruise guidance. Open the official product to read BfG's own figures and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Same unresolved reuse basis as the 14-day product. Waterlogged does not convert weekly means into per-day levels or passenger probabilities.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
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Upper Rhine
Held by locksLevel held by locks. Weirs keep a working depth through a drought, so the risk on this stretch is high water and lock operations — not low water.
Mainz (Rhine-km 498) – Basel (Rhine-km 167)
Maxau Rhine
321 cm rising 12 centimetres over 72 hours rising 12 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
299 cm below the 620 cm first high-water mark (speed and wash limits, and the room under the bridges starts to run out).
The barrage chain holds the depth in a drought — but the locks still close at high water. Drought-proof is not flood-proof.
Official sources and forecasts for Upper Rhine
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
The German federal hydrology institute's own daily water-level forecast for the Rhine and other supported gauges, with BfG's own uncertainty ranges and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. BfG's catalogue metadata asserts CC BY 4.0 but the delivery channels carry no unambiguous grant, so Waterlogged links to the forecast rather than copying, dailyising or scoring its values.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
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Moselle
Held by locksLevel held by locks. Weirs keep a working depth through a drought, so the risk on this stretch is high water and lock operations — not low water.
Trier (Moselle-km 195) – Koblenz (Moselle-km 0)
Trier Moselle
222 cm steady over 72 hours steady over 72 hours
normal on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
No official high-water mark is transcribed for this gauge from a source we have read, so none is shown. Read the authority's notices.
Cochem Moselle
216 cm falling 1 centimetres over 72 hours falling 1 cm over 72 hours
normal on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
No official high-water mark is transcribed for this gauge from a source we have read, so none is shown. Read the authority's notices.
Twenty-eight barrages hold the Moselle from Koblenz past Trier to the Luxembourg border, so a low reading here closes nothing. No numeric closure mark is published for these gauges in a source we have read, so none is invented.
Official sources and forecasts for Moselle
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
The German federal hydrology institute's own daily water-level forecast for the Rhine and other supported gauges, with BfG's own uncertainty ranges and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. BfG's catalogue metadata asserts CC BY 4.0 but the delivery channels carry no unambiguous grant, so Waterlogged links to the forecast rather than copying, dailyising or scoring its values.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
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Straubing–Vilshofen free stretch
Free-flowingThe river runs free here, so the level is the constraint: this is where a drought actually binds a hull.
Straubing (Danube-km 2321) – Vilshofen (Danube-km 2249)
Pfelling Danube
217 cm falling 1 centimetres over 72 hours falling 1 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
78 cm below the 295 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m.
Hofkirchen Danube
151 cm falling 2 centimetres over 72 hours falling 2 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
61 cm below the 212 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m.
Official sources and forecasts for Straubing–Vilshofen free stretch
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
The German federal hydrology institute's own daily water-level forecast for the Rhine and other supported gauges, with BfG's own uncertainty ranges and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. BfG's catalogue metadata asserts CC BY 4.0 but the delivery channels carry no unambiguous grant, so Waterlogged links to the forecast rather than copying, dailyising or scoring its values.
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Official German federal six-week outlook (weekly means) — opens BfG
BfG publishes this as a trend statement in weekly means, not as day-by-day cruise guidance. Open the official product to read BfG's own figures and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Same unresolved reuse basis as the 14-day product. Waterlogged does not convert weekly means into per-day levels or passenger probabilities.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal 14-day water-level forecast — opens BfG
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Austrian Danube
Held by locksLevel held by locks. Weirs keep a working depth through a drought, so the risk on this stretch is high water and lock operations — not low water.
Passau (Danube-km 2226) – Vienna (Danube-km 1929)
Kienstock Danube
152 cm rising 19 centimetres over 72 hours rising 19 cm over 72 hours
449 cm below the 601 cm first high-water mark (speed and wash limits, and the room under the bridges starts to run out).
Impounded through the Austrian chain. The Wachau inside it genuinely runs free, and Kienstock sits in it, but no maintained-depth model exists for that gauge.
Official sources and forecasts for Austrian Danube
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DoRIS / viadonau — Austrian Danube river information (official)
Austrian gauge readings, fairway information and river notices for the Danube.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Written confirmation of commercial reuse is still outstanding, so no DoRIS series or reference mark is ingested or derived on a customer page.
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DoRIS / viadonau — Austrian Danube river information (official)
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Vienna–Budapest Danube
Free-flowingThe river runs free here, so the level is the constraint: this is where a drought actually binds a hull.
Vienna (Danube-km 1929) – Budapest (Danube-km 1646)
Budapest Danube
24 cm rising 9 centimetres over 72 hours rising 9 cm over 72 hours
126 cm below the 150 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m. calibrated judgment
Official sources and forecasts for Vienna–Budapest Danube
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hydroinfo.hu — Hungarian hydrological service (official Danube levels and notices)
Hungary's official hydrological pages for the Danube, including Budapest.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. No written reuse permission is held. Waterlogged publishes no hydroinfo time series, day-of-year median, selected low year or fitted parameter on a customer page.
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vizugy.hu — Hungarian water directorate live gauge pages
The Hungarian directorate's own live level pages, including the Budapest gauge.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Live display with attribution is one thing; the multi-year archive behind it is permission-gated, and Waterlogged derives nothing from it.
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EuRIS — European River Information Services portal
The European portal that distributes the current Budapest and Kienstock readings Waterlogged shows, naming OVF and viadonau as the originators.
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hydroinfo.hu — Hungarian hydrological service (official Danube levels and notices)
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Elbe
Free-flowingThe river runs free here, so the level is the constraint: this is where a drought actually binds a hull.
Hamburg / Berlin-Havel – Magdeburg – Dresden – Děčín
Dresden Elbe
53 cm rising 1 centimetres over 72 hours rising 1 cm over 72 hours
low on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) · normal on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW) — the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
77 cm below the 130 cm clear-line. Waterlogged hull clear-line for Viking Var, using a draught of 1.60 m. calibrated judgment
Official sources and forecasts for Elbe
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Official German federal six-week outlook (weekly means) — opens BfG
BfG publishes this as a trend statement in weekly means, not as day-by-day cruise guidance. Open the official product to read BfG's own figures and caveats.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Same unresolved reuse basis as the 14-day product. Waterlogged does not convert weekly means into per-day levels or passenger probabilities.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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Official German federal six-week outlook (weekly means) — opens BfG
Corridors on this line's routes that we do not read
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Main Held by locks
Level held by locks. Weirs keep a working depth through a drought, so the risk on this stretch is high water and lock operations — not low water.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
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Main-Danube Canal Held by locks
Level held by locks. Weirs keep a working depth through a drought, so the risk on this stretch is high water and lock operations — not low water.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
The official notices channel for commercial navigation on the German waterways: closures, lock works and high-water restrictions in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Linking needs no licence; the notice text remains governed by the publisher's terms, so Waterlogged does not scrape it into a report.
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ELWIS — German federal waterways notices and navigation information
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Seine Tidal
Tidal water. A single gauge height is a tide phase, not a river recession, and under-keel clearance here is a port question.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
French waterway closures, lock works and restriction notices, in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. No confirmed machine-readable feed or redistribution basis was recovered, so notices are linked, never mirrored.
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Vigicrues — French flood-vigilance service
France's official flood-vigilance colours and station histories for the Seine, Rhône, Saône and Gironde.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
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Rhône Notice-governed
Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
French waterway closures, lock works and restriction notices, in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. No confirmed machine-readable feed or redistribution basis was recovered, so notices are linked, never mirrored.
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Vigicrues — French flood-vigilance service
France's official flood-vigilance colours and station histories for the Seine, Rhône, Saône and Gironde.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
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Saône Notice-governed
Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
French waterway closures, lock works and restriction notices, in the authority's own wording.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. No confirmed machine-readable feed or redistribution basis was recovered, so notices are linked, never mirrored.
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Vigicrues — French flood-vigilance service
France's official flood-vigilance colours and station histories for the Seine, Rhône, Saône and Gironde.
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VNF — French waterway notices (avis à la batellerie)
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Douro Notice-governed
Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.
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APDL — Douro navigation notices (avisos à navegação)
The notices that actually govern the Douro: lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary constraints.
Waterlogged does not reproduce or interpret the values on this page. Notices are published as PDFs with no redistribution posture established, so they are linked rather than mirrored or parsed into a state.
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APDL — Douro navigation notices (avisos à navegação)
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Gironde Tidal
Tidal water. A single gauge height is a tide phase, not a river recession, and under-keel clearance here is a port question.
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Vigicrues — French flood-vigilance service
France's official flood-vigilance colours and station histories for the Seine, Rhône, Saône and Gironde.
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Vigicrues — French flood-vigilance service
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Dutch & Belgian waterways Notice-governed
Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.
One card cannot describe this: the Waal runs free, the connecting canals are managed, and the Scheldt is tidal. Until the reach is split, treat it as notice-governed.
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Rijkswaterstaat Waterinfo — Dutch water levels
Live levels on the Waal, Rhine branches and the Dutch canal and delta network.
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Rijkswaterstaat Waterinfo — Dutch water levels
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Lower Danube Notice-governed
Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.
The shallow crossings migrate, so the published fairway soundings and notices are closer to the constraint than any single gauge.
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APPD — Bulgarian Danube levels, soundings and restrictions
Daily Bulgarian Danube levels and the current fairway soundings at the shallow crossings.
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EuRIS — European River Information Services portal
The European portal that distributes the current Budapest and Kienstock readings Waterlogged shows, naming OVF and viadonau as the originators.
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APPD — Bulgarian Danube levels, soundings and restrictions
Rain in the next 14 days
Status: rain forecast not yet enabled. Waterlogged shows forecast precipitation only under a paid Open-Meteo commercial contract, and no contract key is configured on this deployment. The official services linked below publish their own rain forecasts.
Rain may slow a fall or create a rise after losses and routing. Waterlogged does not convert this forecast into gauge centimetres or a cruise-disruption probability.
Read a rain forecast at the source
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Deutscher Wetterdienst — official German weather forecasts
Germany's national weather service forecast for the Rhine, Main, Moselle and Danube catchments.
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yr.no — free European rain forecasts (MET Norway / NRK)
A free public forecast covering the same catchments, if you want rain amounts today.
What Viking River Cruises publishes about disruption
- Named disruption programme found: not found in the documents read
- Terms differ by booking market: not established
- Confidence in that finding: confirmed
- Last checked: 2026-07-30
What we could not establish:
- Whether the separate 'US Ports' version of the Passenger Ticket Contract (referenced but not fetched) differs materially for cruises touching a US port
Operator policies change without notice and differ by booking market and contract version. Waterlogged does not calculate your refund, credit, hotel entitlement or insurance payout, and does not determine cancellation rights or legal remedies. Read the operator's own documents and the terms attached to your booking, and do not cancel pre-emptively on the strength of river data alone.
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