A heat wave in western Europe has lowered water levels on Germany's Rhine River, hampering shipping and raising freight costs ...

Here, the Rhine was gradually converted into a more canal-like state during the 20th century. The bed of the river has been narrowed with dams at each side to enhance flood protection .

While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. This is the Romantic Rhine, a powerful stretch of the river slashing a deep and ...

Oregon lawmakers will soon decide if beavers, whose dams improve the health and quality of fresh waterways, should receive special protections in the wild. More than 30 percent of Europe’s rivers ...

In what amounts to a sea change in Dutch river management, the sluice gates on the Haringvliet dam will be regularly left open from November 15 th.As a result, the Rhine and Meuse rivers will be ...

Rhine river levels have risen after rain in Germany this week, allowing vessels to carry more cargo and normal sailings with full loads in northern parts of the river, commodity traders said on ...

While an Army band played on Saturday, soldiers in vintage World War II uniforms boarded an amphibious boat from the 1940s named “Tugboat Annie” and sailed down the Rhine, in honor of the ...

Austria and Switzerland are planning to invest €2.1 billion into flood protection on the Rhine river. ... The bed of the river has been narrowed with dams at each side to enhance flood protection.