Turkey 
In numbers.
1.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
55m
Elevation
The water at Kurşunlu Waterfall, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 5.4 m³/sJan
- 4.1 m³/sFeb
- 2.7 m³/sMar
- 1.6 m³/sApr
- 0.9 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.8 m³/sOct
- 1.8 m³/sNov
- 4.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.14 m³/s in the lowest month to 5.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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 Turkey
Kurşunlu Waterfall is a waterfall in Turkey.
Getting there.
- Fettahlınearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Antalya International Airport (AYT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at AYT airport (Antalya)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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 57 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 30 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesAziz Paul Yolu
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 kmKurşunlu Şelalesi
- —caves
- 1campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 4restaurants 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
- Fettahlı1.5 km in a straight line
- Topallı3.7 km in a straight line
- Gökdere7.8 km in a straight line
- Alaylı8.1 km in a straight line
- Kurşunlu8.2 km in a straight line
- Varsak9.4 km in a straight line
- Şatırlı11 km in a straight line
- Kirişçiler12 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 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 16 |
| Night °C | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 182 | 97 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 64 | 91 | 174 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (55 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 | 46% | 92% | 66% | 43% | 131% | 100% | 20% | 168% | 11% | 63% | 39% | 155% |
| 2021 | 89% | 21% | 85% | 12% | 9% | 271% | 53% | 24% | 33% | 21% | 108% | 117% |
| 2022 | 116% | 143% | 77% | 19% | 37% | 164% | 37% | 130% | 13% | 47% | 110% | 72% |
| 2023 | 83% | 14% | 145% | 96% | 347% | 181% | 20% | 12% | 59% | 25% | 125% | 64% |
| 2024 | 67% | 83% | 107% | 14% | 72% | 64% | 431% | 156% | 95% | 0% | 62% | 153% |
| 2025 | 48% | 37% | 24% | 159% | 65% | 17% | 90% | 74% | 37% | 81% | 74% | 64% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kurşunlu Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 1.9 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q981506) · 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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