Kinderdijk

A port of call on 90 of the river cruise sailings we watch. Below: the water those ships travel when they call here, measured this morning, and one story from it.

The water here

Lower Rhine (Emmerich–Cologne)

Free-flowing · Emmerich (Rhine-km 852) – Cologne (Rhine-km 688)

85 of the 90 sailings that call at Kinderdijk travel this stretch of river.

The gauge that governs this stretch of river is at Cologne.

Cologne Rhine

76 cm falling 16 centimetres over 72 hours falling 16 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.

63 cm below the 139 cm published low-water reference. Published low-water reference for this stretch. The waterway authority's own published figure for this stretch, not Waterlogged's arithmetic and not a requirement set by any cruise line.

3 hours ago · source: PEGELONLINE (WSV)

Every reading we hold on the Rhine today

Dutch & Belgian waterways

Notice-governed · Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, IJsselmeer, Waal/Merwede/Lek, Nieuwe Maas, Scheldt, Albert Canal, Meuse/Maas, Brussels canal

67 of the 90 sailings that call at Kinderdijk travel this stretch of river.

This water does not have a measured level. There is no reading for today and no line to measure one against. Governed by the waterway authority's notices. Lock availability, dredging, agreed channel depths and temporary restrictions decide this stretch, not a drought reading.

Every reading here is a measurement somebody has already taken, never a forecast. The writing beside it is history and geography: it tells you nothing about today's water and nothing about whether a ship sails. Your cruise line decides what your ship does.

One story from this water

Drainage makes the polder productive

The mills did not grind grain: their work was to raise water from low agricultural polders into storage basins and then toward the Lek and Noord. Coordinated drainage made farming and settlement possible on land that would otherwise remain waterlogged.

14th-20th centuries · whc.unesco.org

Every story here says where it was read. A link opens the publisher's own page; a title names a published work we read.

Sailings that call at Kinderdijk

And 78 more. Find your own sailing to see the water on the days you are on it.

Every port we watch

Linking is not endorsement. The publisher controls its own page, its own values and its own terms.