Turkey 
In numbers.
0.34m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Feb–Apr
Dec
Best months
428m
Elevation
The water at Doğançay Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to April.
The fullest months: from January to April. The thinnest: from July to September.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.4 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.10 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.67 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and December.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Sakarya Province, northwestern Turkey
Doğançay Waterfall is a waterfall in Turkey.
Getting there.
- Doğançaynearest town · 4.2 km in a straight line
- Bursa Yenişehir Airport (YEI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at SAW airport (Pendik, Istanbul)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From February to April and Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 242 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 166 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Doğançay4.2 km in a straight line
- Arifiye11 km in a straight line
- Geyve12 km in a straight line
- Sapanca13 km in a straight line
- Karapürçek15 km in a straight line
- Erenler17 km in a straight line
- Serdivan19 km in a straight line
- Pamukova20 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 7 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 9 |
| Night °C | -1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 55 | 55 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 25 | 28 | 41 | 57 | 50 | 75 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (428 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 107% | 143% | 81% | 72% | 140% | 232% | 51% | 7% | 30% | 100% | 40% | 41% |
| 2021 | 153% | 99% | 162% | 147% | 117% | 140% | 204% | 101% | 134% | 60% | 122% | 92% |
| 2022 | 116% | 168% | 87% | 84% | 50% | 182% | 57% | 216% | 58% | 96% | 49% | 50% |
| 2023 | 27% | 116% | 185% | 169% | 132% | 161% | 194% | 53% | 82% | 98% | 327% | 94% |
| 2024 | 142% | 52% | 96% | 40% | 122% | 8% | 199% | 6% | 126% | 50% | 163% | 97% |
| 2025 | 92% | 126% | 56% | 97% | 76% | 11% | 9% | 32% | 83% | 188% | 65% | 95% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Doğançay Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 0.34 m³/sAverage flow
- Feb–Apr, DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27610263) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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