Water knowledge
Understanding Simme
The Simme reaches Lake Thun through the Kander, not directly. Its reading describes part of the later lake inflow. Check whether stations sit before or after the confluence: water passes them at different times and does not represent two independent inflows.
This overview includes 6 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 Thun.
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.
Sources and further reading