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Old January 20th 04, 10:22 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Colin Youngs Colin Youngs is offline
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Default Extreme rising of waterlevels Rhine and Meuse

Wijke Ruiter wrote in message ...
:The water-level in the big Dutch rivers rises exponentially ... the amounts
of water in the Rhine went up from 1300 m3/s to 6500m3/s during the last
week.
:This is a link to the RIZA-site. Click on the rivers to find graphs in
which
:the waterlevel is given over the last week.
:http://www.infocentrum-binnenwateren...tartpagina.asp

Photo of the Rhine near Lobith - near where it enters the Netherlands from
Germany - on the VWK homepage http://www.vwkweb.nl/ . Photo is dated
18th January and shows that the Rhine has overflowed its banks here.

Colin Youngs
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