The Ourthe at the low-water threshold: closed
Flow at Tabreux has dropped to 2.52 m³/s, below the 2.5 m³/s threshold. Descents are suspended until levels recover.
- Recorded flow
- 2.52 m³/s
- Low threshold
- 2.5 m³/s
- SPW gauge
- 5921 Tabreux
- Open for
- 16 days
The Ourthe had been open for 16 days. A dry spell has brought it back down to its 2.5 m³/s lower limit, below which navigation is no longer allowed.
2.52 m³/s on 04/07 1.07 m³/s today
On a river of this profile (Class I-II), summer low water is the rule rather than the exception. Reopening depends on several days of rain over the upper catchment — a single shower is not enough.
The other rivers have different thresholds and catchments: one can be navigable while another is not. You can compare their status live, or ask to be told by e-mail as soon as it reopens.
See live flow: Ourthe or see the official navigability thresholds.
Source: Service public de Wallonie, gauging station 5921 Tabreux. Thresholds from the official SPW annex. SPW notice at the time of the reading: « La circulation des kayaks risque d’être interdite ».