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Sautadet Falls

One of the waterfalls of France.

When to go

Cascades du Sautadet DSC06332
stephane deneits · Public domain

In numbers.

Oct–Jan

Best months

48m

Elevation

The water at Sautadet Falls, month by month

It roars from November to December.

The fullest months: from November to December. The thinnest: from July to August.

  1. 60%Jan
  2. 50%Feb
  3. 52%Mar
  4. 56%Apr
  5. 46%May
  6. 27%Jun
  7. 13%Jul
  8. 10%Aug
  9. 28%Sep
  10. 72%Oct
  11. 100%Nov
  12. 78%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from October to January.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfalls in France

Sautadet Falls is a waterfall in France.

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Sautadet Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The La Cèze through the falls
50 m60 mSautadet Falls-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 13 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 53 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 6viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 3car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 2toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • 1bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 12campsitesLa Grenouille, Les Amarines, Le Saint-Michelet and 9 more
  • 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRésidence de l'Acacia, Le Clos Cèze Art, Château de Montcaud and 5 more
  • 6restaurants 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

  • Sabran4.6 km in a straight line
  • Goudargues5.6 km in a straight line
  • Saint-Nazaire7.8 km in a straight line
  • Bagnols-sur-Cèze8.0 km in a straight line
  • Saint-Alexandre8.7 km in a straight line
  • Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson9.9 km in a straight line
  • Tresques10 km in a straight line
  • Vénéjan10 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C91115192329333226211410
Night °C114811161918141052
Rain & snow (mm)61485469654230366510610461
Wet days98810108678121210
Sun h/day3.54.96.37.28.310.310.89.57.75.03.73.4
Snow on the ground (cm)652000000014

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (48 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Cascades Sautadet
Benh LIEU SONG · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cascades du Sautadet
Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cascades Sautadet 01
Jacques Le Letty · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202061%30%49%79%89%149%19%90%117%52%41%129%
202148%73%14%95%106%73%130%74%128%98%56%86%
202224%37%61%46%13%73%58%124%144%25%98%150%
202321%32%37%21%90%153%40%42%61%78%38%54%
202444%132%293%49%128%88%84%51%166%82%30%28%
202553%60%69%32%27%22%42%41%33%19%27%91%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Sautadet Falls

France

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Oct–JanBest months

Cascade du Ray-Pic

France

  • 60 mHeight
  • 0.54 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

Cascade de la Vis

France

  • —Height
  • 12 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, Oct–DecBest months

See the guide

Chute de la Druise

France

  • 72 mHeight
  • 0.64 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar, May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q1734979) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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