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Chřibské vodopády

A 2 m drop.

When to go

Chribske Vodopady 01 04 2022
Mojmir Churavy · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

2m

Height

0.01m³/s

Average flow

Apr–May
Jul–Aug

Best months

0kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Chřibské vodopády, month by month

It roars from January to August.

The fullest months: from January to August.

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

From about 0.00 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.02 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from July to August.

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.

Chřibské vodopády is a waterfall in Czechia. The water falls 2 m. It lies within Lužické hory Protected Landscape Area.

Getting there.

  • Chřibskánearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
  • Parking 800 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Dresden Airport (DRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRS airport (Dresden)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to May and from July to Augustbest 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.

2.0 mChřibskévodopády1.8 ma person9.0 ma house

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

0 kW

About 0.01 m³/s falling 2 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 0 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.

Chřibské vodopády 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
375 m400 m425 m450 mChřibské vodopády0+0.5 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.

Around the falls the river drops 74 m in 0.9 km.

What is around.

  • 1viewpoints
  • 11waymarked walking routes[Ž] Purkratický les - Chřibská - Nová Huť, [Z] Chřibská - Cvikov, [Z] odbočka Lesní divadlo and 8 more
  • 9car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 3picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 11information boards and visitor centres
  • 4bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 4campsitesPod Jedlovou, Luční Bar (Camp), Tábořiště Výsluní and 1 more
  • 41hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSetuza, u Draka, U Lucerny and 38 more
  • 7restaurants 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

  • Chřibská1.2 km in a straight line
  • Krásná Lípa5.7 km in a straight line
  • Dolní Podluží6.9 km in a straight line
  • Česká Kamenice9.3 km in a straight line
  • Staré Křečany9.8 km in a straight line
  • Varnsdorf9.9 km in a straight line
  • Kamenický Šenov10 km in a straight line
  • Seifhennersdorf11 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C0261317222424181261
Night °C-6-5-227111313840-4
Rain & snow (mm)634450386675898359565656
Wet days141113101314151211111113
Sun h/day1.22.43.86.26.66.96.86.35.13.21.30.8
Snow on the ground (cm)161592000001716

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (430 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Kovový kříž u silnice v Nové Chřibské
Itsd-foto · 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
202053%241%86%19%109%164%43%148%102%188%29%41%
2021122%107%85%119%162%124%126%135%46%43%101%101%
202286%160%24%132%64%148%42%115%124%55%80%74%
202386%138%156%171%37%90%60%162%46%157%187%183%
202492%202%42%97%100%92%76%101%221%64%94%74%
202591%38%60%73%95%73%120%58%129%118%76%47%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Chřibské vodopády

Czechia

  • 2 mHeight
  • 0.01 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

Lichtenhain Waterfall

Germany

  • —Height
  • 1.1 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Amsel Falls

Germany

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Bobří vodopád

Czechia

  • 8 mHeight
  • 0.03 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q111460958) · CC0
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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