Russia 
In numbers.
369m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Aug
Best months
135m
Elevation
The water at Great Kureika waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to May. Below −4 °C on average (from October to April): the falls can partly freeze.
- 17 m³/sJan
- 15 m³/sFeb
- 83 m³/sMar
- 141 m³/sApr
- 586 m³/sMay
- 2,288 m³/sJun
- 2,577 m³/sJul
- 2,461 m³/sAug
- 1,246 m³/sSep
- 647 m³/sOct
- 190 m³/sNov
- 31 m³/sDec
From about 15 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,577 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August.
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.
Great Kureika waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- From June to Augustbest 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 20 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 134 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -23 | -22 | -13 | -4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 6 | -7 | -18 | -22 |
| Night °C | -28 | -27 | -22 | -14 | -5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | -13 | -22 | -26 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 24 | 20 | 39 | 51 | 68 | 110 | 117 | 134 | 86 | 62 | 34 | 28 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 0.6 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | — |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 66 | 72 | 80 | 91 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 59 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (135 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 138% | 148% | 130% | 144% | 66% | 108% | 120% | 67% | 92% | 116% | 169% | 78% |
| 2021 | 33% | 46% | 64% | 76% | 112% | 141% | 89% | 94% | 73% | 141% | 89% | 68% |
| 2022 | 123% | 109% | 62% | 106% | 141% | 82% | 91% | 38% | 101% | 114% | 76% | 79% |
| 2023 | 28% | 148% | 106% | 48% | 70% | 145% | 134% | 63% | 151% | 154% | 91% | 61% |
| 2024 | 91% | 88% | 69% | 131% | 132% | 109% | 71% | 89% | 130% | 89% | 165% | 156% |
| 2025 | 63% | 129% | 84% | 68% | 96% | 121% | 117% | 13% | 55% | 61% | 94% | 51% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Great Kureika waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 369 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27942968) · 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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