Iran Waterfall

Darre Gahan Waterfall

One of the waterfalls of Iran.

When to go

vahid_dnz · CC BY 3.0

In numbers.

Feb–Apr
Dec

Best months

1,885m

Elevation

The water at Darre Gahan Waterfall, month by month

It roars from February to March.

The fullest months: from February to March. The thinnest: from May to October.

49%Jan
100%Feb
97%Mar
57%Apr
20%May
4%Jun
0%Jul
1%Aug
1%Sep
3%Oct
36%Nov
50%Dec

high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and December.

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 Taft County, Iran

Darre Gahan Waterfall is a waterfall in Iran.

Getting there.

Taftnearest town · 6.9 km in a straight line
Shahid Sadooghi Airport (AZD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight line
From February to April and 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.

Darre Gahan Waterfall seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Other falls

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What is around.

—viewpoints
—waymarked walking routes
—car parks
—swimming spots
—picnic sites
—toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
—campsites
1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmاقامتگاه بوم‌گردی نارتی‌تی
1restaurants 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

Taft6.9 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	10	12	18	23	29	34	36	33	30	24	16	11
Night °C	-3	-2	2	8	14	18	19	18	14	10	3	-2
Rain & snow (mm)	11	7	7	7	3	0	0	2	2	3	10	10
Wet days	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Sun h/day	7.7	8.4	9.6	9.9	11.5	13.2	12.7	12.5	11.4	10.0	8.3	7.7
Snow on the ground (cm)	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,885 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Dare e Gahan waterfall - panoramio (2) — vahid_dnz · CC BY 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	232%	18%	183%	288%	—	—	—	—	—	—	173%	200%
2021	0%	87%	31%	4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	421%	12%
2022	57%	37%	8%	50%	—	—	—	—	—	—	88%	91%
2023	279%	149%	104%	25%	—	—	—	—	—	—	61%	29%
2024	97%	422%	241%	600%	—	—	—	—	—	—	24%	17%
2025	81%	57%	110%	12%	—	—	—	—	—	—	0%	268%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q95620922) · CC0
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.