[texas booster]

So I am pulling stuff from all over, trying to get a perspective on the low water levels. From a travel website:

Depths vary from 3 to 26 feet (1 to 8 metres). The Danube swells substantially at Passau where the Inn River, its largest upstream tributary, carries more water than the main river.

So parts of the Danube are usually at 3 feet deep, and now are at 2 feet deep?

There is a big difference between parts of the river that are usually 26' deep, and those that are usually 3' deep.

Even the mighty Mississippi River has parts of it that are two feet deep, at least in Minnesota at the head waters.

Bad reporting ...

[Gene Eric]

Could be agriculture related, but getting an honest assessment of the factors is an impossibility given the political influences shaping the details.

[Bonemaker]

Can walk across headwaters at Lake Itasca.

[telescope115]

Even the mighty Mississippi River has parts of it that are two feet deep, at least in Minnesota at the head waters.

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Lake Itasca, MN, I believe?
I remember walking across it on big stones, as a kid.

I wonder if Strauss would’ve written his “Beautiful Blue Danube” any different today.