German Flood Portal (Hochwasserzentralen)
Joint federal-state flood information portal of Germany's regional flood forecasting centres, providing current water levels, flood warnings and gauge data across German river basins.
hochwasserzentralen.de
At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Europe)
- Coverage
- Germany
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Water level
- Flood warning
- River gauge
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: River gauge
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood warning
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
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