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Atera Seven Falls

A 26 m drop.

When to go

Atera no Nanataki, Shimoyoshida Shinshiro 2014
Tomio344456 · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

26m

Height

OpenStreetMap

Jun–Jul
Sep–Oct

Best months

337m

Elevation

The water at Atera Seven Falls, month by month

It roars from April to July and from September to October.

The fullest months: from April to July and from September to October.

  1. 33%Jan
  2. 40%Feb
  3. 62%Mar
  4. 79%Apr
  5. 83%May
  6. 89%Jun
  7. 96%Jul
  8. 75%Aug
  9. 90%Sep
  10. 100%Oct
  11. 69%Nov
  12. 45%Dec
high water best months to go

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

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

Waterfall in Aichi, Japan

Atera Seven Falls is a waterfall in Japan. The water falls 26 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Hongōnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
  • Parking 700 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport (FSZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire in ShizuokaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From June to July and from September to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

26 mAtera SevenFalls1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

Seen from the sky.

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

Atera Seven 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 river through the falls
250 m300 m350 mAtera Seven Falls-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 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 101 m in 1.7 km. Here the river runs about 60 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 1viewpoints
  • 1waymarked walking routes東海自然歩道
  • 2car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 1picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • 3information boards and visitor centres
  • 1bus stops within 1 km
  • 4other named waterfalls within 4 km不動滝, 猿滝 (Saru Taki), 母子滝 (Hahako Taki) and 1 more
  • —caves
  • 4campsitesAキャンプ場, Bキャンプ場, オートキャンプ場 and 1 more
  • 15hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km桔梗屋旅館, 雲龍荘, 湯谷観光ホテル泉山閣 and 12 more
  • —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).

Towns nearby

  • Hongō14 km in a straight line
  • Shinshiro14 km in a straight line
  • Shitara18 km in a straight line
  • Hamakita21 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C681217222528302621159
Night °C-2-11612162121181261
Rain & snow (mm)67821281561722022291572162009374
Wet days78101112151715151288
Sun h/day4.95.45.96.36.54.84.96.25.25.15.04.5
Snow on the ground (cm)874100000015

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (337 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

阿寺の七滝 - panoramio
菅野崇 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
2020124%97%141%103%77%137%277%27%98%131%42%36%
2021138%84%185%119%152%80%156%258%108%39%91%142%
202239%52%93%139%125%73%174%157%173%35%135%45%
202357%65%101%117%198%292%50%186%72%79%113%69%
202470%193%189%126%178%175%79%386%66%140%151%8%
202547%27%109%116%194%146%88%49%135%104%39%105%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Atera Seven Falls

Japan

  • 26 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Jun–Jul, Sep–OctBest months

Abe Great Falls

Japan

  • 80 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Apr, Jul, Sep–OctBest months

See the guide

Shiraito Falls

Japan

  • 20 mHeight
  • 2.4 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, Jul, Sep–OctBest months

See the guide

Hagi Falls

Japan

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr, Jul, Sep–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q11657385) · CC0
Height of the drop© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
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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