France 
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Oct–Dec
Best months
165m
Elevation
The water at Cascade de la Vis, month by month
It roars from October to December.
The fullest months: from October to December. The thinnest: from July to August.
- 14 m³/sJan
- 12 m³/sFeb
- 13 m³/sMar
- 14 m³/sApr
- 12 m³/sMay
- 7.2 m³/sJun
- 3.4 m³/sJul
- 2.6 m³/sAug
- 6.1 m³/sSep
- 17 m³/sOct
- 22 m³/sNov
- 17 m³/sDec
From about 2.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 22 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from October to December.
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.
Cascade de la Vis is a man-made waterfall in France. It was made by people, not by the river alone.
Getting there.
- Cazilhacnearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at MPL airport (Montpellier/Méditerranée)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from October to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 20 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 89 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 6car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 6caves
- 9campsitesIsis en Cévennes, La Tessonne, Laroque Espace Loisirs and 6 more
- 12hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGîte Domaine d'Anglas, Magnanerie de Cazilhac, Gite d'Etape and 9 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).
Towns nearby
- Cazilhac3.1 km in a straight line
- Ganges3.8 km in a straight line
- Laroque5.0 km in a straight line
- Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois6.7 km in a straight line
- Avèze7.2 km in a straight line
- Sumène7.6 km in a straight line
- Saint-Martin-de-Londres16 km in a straight line
- Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort16 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 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 56 | 63 | 81 | 76 | 49 | 34 | 39 | 67 | 120 | 108 | 70 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (165 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 | 64% | 33% | 46% | 74% | 95% | 222% | 20% | 94% | 145% | 60% | 52% | 136% |
| 2021 | 39% | 74% | 17% | 58% | 85% | 86% | 123% | 52% | 120% | 70% | 52% | 72% |
| 2022 | 62% | 28% | 86% | 51% | 15% | 88% | 56% | 116% | 148% | 27% | 74% | 103% |
| 2023 | 32% | 38% | 50% | 28% | 82% | 146% | 37% | 43% | 60% | 72% | 44% | 42% |
| 2024 | 42% | 93% | 241% | 56% | 128% | 90% | 84% | 78% | 164% | 80% | 38% | 31% |
| 2025 | 44% | 56% | 69% | 39% | 26% | 20% | 42% | 53% | 23% | 19% | 34% | 123% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Cascade de la Vis
France
- —Height
- 12 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q112659724) · 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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