Ruwer gauge Moselle · km 185.9

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 20 cm
• 🎣 Fishingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 30 cm
• 🏊 Swimmingnot recommended

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✗ water temperature ≥ 15 °C
  • ✗ water temperature ≥ 18 °C
  • ? EU bathing site ≤ 5 km rated excellent/good
  • ✗ not a federal waterway with shipping

• Status: normal · 24 h trend: -2 cm · Water temperature: 12.8 °C

Calculated by fixed rules from official data. For orientation only – not a safety guarantee. Always check official warnings and conditions on site. See the rules

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Paddling: access points & locks

Put-ins and slipways (≤ 5 km)

• Slipway 4.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Yachthafen Schweich 4.6 km
• Marina: Yachthafen Trier 10 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Mosel 8.4 km

Straight-line distance from the gauge. Entries from OpenStreetMap, not officially verified; check lock hours with the WSV.

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Mosel-Radweg 1.2 km
• Saar-Mosel-Main [Trier - Koblenz] 1.2 km

EuroVelo, German D-network and other long-distance routes passing within 3 km of the gauge (straight-line distance to the nearest route point). Check the route and its condition locally.

Fishing: Rheinland-Pfalz

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Rheinland-Pfalz →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-18

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Detzem Op km 167.7 1,121 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Mehring Ams km 171.7 218 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Trier Up km 195.3 220 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Trier Op km 196.2 925 cm ○ no thresholds

Moselle: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

870 cm · 22 Dec 1993

Today vs. record

650 cm below HHW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 1 Jan 2003: river, 6 deaths, 106 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 28 Oct 1998: river, 2 deaths, 181 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 22 Jan 1995: river, 3 deaths, 375 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 20 Dec 1993: river, 5 deaths, 891 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• UNTERE MOSEL DERW_DERP_2600000000_2
  Ecological potential: bad (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• UNTERE RUWER DERW_DERP_2656000000_2
  Ecological status: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good
  Good status expected: after 2027

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap