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Cascata Lequarci

A 50 m drop.

When to go

Cascate di Lequarci Ulassai Sardegna Santa Barbara
Roberto Mura · Public domain

In numbers.

50m

Height

OpenStreetMap

0.16m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Nov–Feb

Best months

78kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Cascata Lequarci, month by month

It roars from November to January.

The fullest months: from November to January. The thinnest: from June to September.

  1. 0.3 m³/sJan
  2. 0.3 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.2 m³/sMar
  4. 0.2 m³/sApr
  5. 0.1 m³/sMay
  6. 0.1 m³/sJun
  7. 0.0 m³/sJul
  8. 0.0 m³/sAug
  9. 0.1 m³/sSep
  10. 0.2 m³/sOct
  11. 0.4 m³/sNov
  12. 0.4 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.02 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.39 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from November to February.

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.

Cascata Lequarci is a waterfall in Italy. The water falls 50 m.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

50 mCascataLequarci1.8 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.

78 kW

About 0.16 m³/s falling 50 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 19 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

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

Cascata Lequarci 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 Riu Baulassa through the falls
400 m500 m600 m700 mCascata Lequarci0+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 313 m in 2.1 km. Here the river runs about 42 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 2viewpointsVedetta punta secco
  • 2waymarked walking routes
  • —car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 3picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesCamping Theleme
  • 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmScala san giorgio, B&B "Gennarcu", Da Concetta and 5 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

  • Ulassai4.5 km in a straight line
  • Osini5.1 km in a straight line
  • Ussassai5.2 km in a straight line
  • Jerzu5.6 km in a straight line
  • Gairo Sant'Elena7.8 km in a straight line
  • Seui12 km in a straight line
  • Lanusei12 km in a straight line
  • Perdasdefogu13 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C91013162127313125201410
Night °C224610141717141074
Rain & snow (mm)46414043321141237507958
Wet days88786213681110
Sun h/day3.84.96.27.59.311.412.210.88.06.34.23.7

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (703 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Cascata di lequarci in inverno
Damiano Rossi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cascata Lequarci da Sant'Antonio
Roberto Mura · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cascate di Lecorci ulassai
Damiano Rossi · 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
202056%6%74%129%66%150%—146%188%49%68%123%
2021130%50%68%713%35%2,600%—38%109%137%209%56%
202221%8%87%79%95%3%—151%90%53%109%48%
2023177%92%40%55%215%247%—56%20%40%224%540%
202481%87%108%39%101%64%—177%92%121%37%57%
2025121%92%172%188%55%28%—474%196%474%395%284%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Cascata Lequarci

Italy

  • 50 mHeight
  • 0.16 m³/sAverage flow
  • Nov–FebBest months

Sa Spendula

Italy

  • 60 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Nov–FebBest months

See the guide

Piscina Irgas

Italy

  • 45 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Nov–FebBest months

See the guide

Sos Molinos Waterfalls

Italy

  • 15 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Nov–FebBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q3661562) · CC0
Height of the drop© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
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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