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Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships
Times of India ^ | Aug 19 2022 | staff

Posted on 08/19/2022 11:40:34 PM PDT by texas booster

Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: danube; ships; ww2; wwii
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To: Bonemaker

Been there, done that! One of my favorite childhood memories!
I don’t remember having to walk so far across-I remember it being narrower.
It was pretty cool!
Thanks for posting that!πŸ™‚


21 posted on 08/20/2022 6:02:45 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Bonemaker

Been there done that. Many times.

(Grew up not far from there....)


22 posted on 08/20/2022 6:47:13 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: Bonemaker

That is a common question on Jeopardy. Where does the Mississippi start??


23 posted on 08/20/2022 7:02:53 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: telescope115

πŸ‘

God’s country!


24 posted on 08/20/2022 8:33:32 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: texas booster
I suspect that the Danube has been low for a while.

For a very long time as evidenced by that forested shore line on the other side of the river.

More information: At its deepest point, the Danube River is about 26.25 feet deep, while at its shallowest, it reaches a depth of approximately 2 feet. At its widest point, the river has about 4,921 feet between each bank.

It travels from western Germany to the Black Sea along nine countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.

25 posted on 08/20/2022 8:51:22 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: Bonemaker

#17 I have been there in Minnesota. I was on the left side there. The lake is the upper part of the photo and river which is just a stream from there starts at the rocks.

You park your car and walk down a path and see those rocks. You can also turn to the right down a path and then go across a bridge to the other side.


26 posted on 08/21/2022 12:16:55 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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