Caption

Ruhr flood near Mülheim-Menden, flooded Ruhr floodplains, flood on the Ruhr, after long heavy rainfall the river left its bed and flooded the countryside and villages, the highest water level ever measured, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 14, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25B86_499

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,9Mb (3,3Mb) / 18,2in x 12,1in / 5464 x 3640 (300dpi)

Keywords

View from above high-angle view top down view from above overhead top view top views Top angle elevated view bird's eye view birds eyes view Bird eye view bird view bird perspective top down bird's eye view high-angle shot deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty long water level water levels bed beds photo picture photos photograph photographs emergency emergencies flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater catastrophe catastrophes disaster flood floods misfortune misfortunes vegetation vegetations wave waves water waters waterfront dike dikes dyke embankment embankments dykes valley valleys river rivers wetland wetlands wet land wetland biotope waters water body body of water swamp swamps bog moor marsh meadow meadows Grass field lawn field biotope biotopes rain nature open air Ruhr Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora plant life Europe Europe's village town place spot swamp swamps marshland marsh area marsh marshlands marsh areas marshes natural original originally Aerial Aerials aerial view aerial shot aerial photography Aerial landscape aerial photograph aerial photo aerial photos flight photo flight photos flight shot flight shots from the sky from the air airshot landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo overview overviews Overlook Overlooking view view of View of overlook outlook facing view into view over flooded flood floods high tide high tides european rainy rain-swept high tall operation operations action duty in use rain raining rains Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD looking down view down townscape townscapes local view view of the village town view Overview of the town precipitation precipitations mass of water masses of water water masses travel photography Ruhrtal Ruhr Valley marshy swampy boggy muddy wetland landscape meadow landscape Central Europe Middle Europe meadow landscape grassland landscape Rainfall flood plain wetland floodplain floodplains fierce heavy Ruhrauen Ruhr floods Ruhr dyke