Russia 
In numbers.
0.74m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jul
Oct
Best months
1,928m
Elevation
The water at Alibeksky Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to February. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 1.0 m³/sMar
- 1.7 m³/sApr
- 1.8 m³/sMay
- 1.2 m³/sJun
- 0.7 m³/sJul
- 0.5 m³/sAug
- 0.6 m³/sSep
- 0.9 m³/sOct
- 0.8 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.33 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to July and October.
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 Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
Alibeksky Waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Parking 1,260 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (SUI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at KUT airport (Kopitnari)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to July and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 471 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 178 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 5viewpointsТурье озеро, Панорамный обзор, Вид на Малый Домбай-Ульген and 2 more
- 1waymarked walking routesНа Алибекский водопад
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 23campsitesbivac Kapskije nocevki, Суфруджинские ночевки, Верхние Суфруджинские ночевки and 20 more
- 78hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmРоссия, Эдем, Альтаир and 75 more
- 2restaurants 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 | -4 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | -2 |
| Night °C | -13 | -12 | -8 | -3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -5 | -11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 94 | 84 | 101 | 76 | 87 | 86 | 78 | 66 | 94 | 114 | 97 | 90 |
| Wet days | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 56 | 71 | 63 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,928 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 | 67% | 112% | 86% | 55% | 123% | 80% | 89% | 62% | 48% | 30% | 82% | 38% |
| 2021 | 135% | 133% | 94% | 195% | 104% | 95% | 123% | 127% | 119% | 58% | 89% | 108% |
| 2022 | 79% | 67% | 62% | 97% | 80% | 109% | 122% | 32% | 152% | 131% | 39% | 48% |
| 2023 | 14% | 90% | 135% | 139% | 125% | 79% | 126% | 17% | 63% | 56% | 181% | 116% |
| 2024 | 126% | 78% | 62% | 20% | 119% | 92% | 89% | 80% | 218% | 93% | 106% | 79% |
| 2025 | 33% | 63% | 100% | 278% | 94% | 90% | 54% | 85% | 200% | 225% | 32% | 110% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Alibeksky Waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 0.74 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jul, OctBest months
Ochkhomuri Waterfall Natural Monument
Georgia
- —Height
- 0.23 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4062258) · 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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