Taiwan 
In numbers.
0.23m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
562m
Elevation
The water at Loshan Waterfall, month by month
It roars from August to September.
The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.1 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.5 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.07 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.52 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Loshan Waterfall is a waterfall in Taiwan.
Getting there.
- Chishangnearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Parking 450 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Taitung Airport (TTT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaitungDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 557 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 88 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km羅山瀑布頂端
- —caves
- 2campsites
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km鐵掌櫃茶舍民宿, 怡然休閒農莊民宿, 頭目民宿 and 5 more
- 3restaurants 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
- Chishang10 km in a straight line
- Guanshan20 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 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 20 |
| Night °C | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 51 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 206 | 277 | 272 | 370 | 261 | 90 | 70 | 42 |
| Wet days | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (562 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 | 116% | 55% | 134% | 69% | 207% | 30% | 42% | 105% | 42% | 35% | 89% | 115% |
| 2021 | 30% | 111% | 43% | 35% | 25% | 112% | 116% | 107% | 33% | 210% | 68% | 92% |
| 2022 | 158% | 206% | 148% | 46% | 99% | 27% | 43% | 23% | 22% | 78% | 96% | 60% |
| 2023 | 41% | 41% | 35% | 138% | 48% | 48% | 59% | 63% | 89% | 107% | 10% | 64% |
| 2024 | 41% | 45% | 30% | 104% | 32% | 31% | 74% | 27% | 59% | 237% | 115% | 60% |
| 2025 | 72% | 151% | 113% | 117% | 72% | 89% | 220% | 65% | 55% | 115% | 169% | 129% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Loshan Waterfall
Taiwan
- —Height
- 0.23 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q15909752) · 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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