European model comparison · 5 km GloFAS cell

Elbe · Elbe

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River profileElbe

Two positioned gauge elevations are needed to draw this river profile.

Selected model-cell discharge-

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Model P10 -Model P20 -Seasonal median -

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The model feed has no discharge for this date - status is not scored.

GloFAS v4 via Open-Meteo · no cell selected · model day 2026-09-27

Methodology & exact calculation- m³/s against model P10 -, model P20 - and the seasonal median -

Open methodology

Elbe model-cell comparison

The selected model-cell discharge is compared with lower-tail percentile boundaries for the same calendar month, derived from that cell's stored GloFAS climatology. P10 and P20 determine the label; the median only positions the bar.

Formulabelow model P10 if Q < model P10; model P10-P20 if model P10 ≤ Q < model P20; at or above model P20 if Q ≥ model P20

Selected model-cell discharge: - m³/s
Model discharge P10: - m³/s
Model discharge P20: - m³/s
Seasonal model median: - m³/s

Published resultElbe: No model value

Data & provenanceGloFAS v4 via Open-Meteo · stored climatology for the selected model cell

LimitThe model value for this day is compared with this exact cell’s stored monthly GloFAS v4 climatology. Below P10, P10-P20, and at or above P20 are European model-comparison bands. P10 means the 10th percentile of that model record; it is not Q355, Q364, or a statutory minimum residual flow.

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Elbe is the basin trunk and reaches the North Sea.

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Labe + Elbe · source to sea

One continuous system across Czechia and Germany on a single distance-from-the-sea axis. Side rivers drop in from above with the flow they deliver, each arrow landing on the water where it joins; reservoirs and their latest operator readings sit on the way down.

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None of the 67 gauges on this stem carries an operator threshold or a stored seasonal reference, so flow is shown but not judged.

Profile722 km · 121 m fall

Gauges67 Germany 67

Source to sea flow92.4 to 170 m³/s

Side rivers joining5 +0 canals

River power now53 MW · 12/66 reaches

Nuclear draw≈0 m³/s withdrawal · estimated · 4 plants · 0 m³/s consumed

Labe + Elbe · long profileelevation and distance · water band thickness = discharge · colour = flow vs seasonal normal

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Live nowFlow 13/67 gauges reporting22:45 UTC

coloured strip: river discharge vs long-term normal (100% = normal for this season, not reservoir fill)no long-term referencewater band thickness = dischargereach power (ρgQΔh)flow drops downstreamshort of the ≈300 m³/s commercial navigation needsside river joining · live dischargeCzechiaGermany

The basin behind the river

People, dams and institutions

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Main-stem gaugessource to outlet · select one for its sensor detail

Reference gauge: NEU DARCHAU170 m³/s · the furthest-downstream main-stem gauge currently reporting flow, so it captures the largest accumulated upstream reach.

Side rivers joining the main stemarrow width = live inflow · % = share of nearby main-stem flow

Czech kilometres are measured from the sea and German ones from the state border, so both are converted to one distance-from-the-sea axis; the border pair Hřensko and Schöna agree to within a metre of elevation, which is the check that the conversion holds. River power is gravitational power carried by the flow (ρ·g·Q·Δh), not metered generation - it is a floor rather than a total, because a reach whose downstream gauge reports no discharge contributes nothing. The navigability line is an indicative planning threshold, not an official fairway forecast. Side-river positions are approximated to the nearest main-stem gauge. A reservoir is drawn at its operator's own chainage where it stands on this river, and at the confluence where it stands on a side river of it - never at a kilometre borrowed from another river's scale.

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major river · clickable tributary / branch · clickable selected downstream path final outlet latest official Q European model comparison operating nuclear plant core reservoirEurope · 27 Sept 2026