Water knowledge
Understanding Orbe
Orbe: this overview puts the available stations and measurements in context. The exact location matters, not just the water body's name.
This overview includes 4 monitoring stations for water level and discharge. Not every station provides every measurement. Track changes at the same station, checking the timestamp, unit and source notes. Related waters in this overview: Lake Joux.
Discharge in m³/s is a volume per second, not the speed of the current. Station comparisons must account for location, measurement time and water travel time. A higher reading is neither automatically a flood warning nor an indication that the river is navigable.