Algeria 
In numbers.
0.10m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Nov–Feb
Best months
734m
Elevation
The water at El-Ourit Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from November to February.
The fullest months: from November to February. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.02 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.32 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.
Waterfall
El-Ourit Waterfalls is a waterfall in Algeria. It lies within Tlemcen National Park.
Getting there.
- Tlemcennearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 70 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport (TLM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at OUD airport (Ahl Angad)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to Februarybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 409 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 90 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsLAC
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 25hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRésidence El Manel, Auberge"Ali Bekkar", Hôtel Majestic and 22 more
- 5restaurants 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
- Tlemcen4.7 km in a straight line
- Mansoûra6.6 km in a straight line
- Chetouane7.0 km in a straight line
- Hennaya14 km in a straight line
- Beni Mester14 km in a straight line
- Sidi Senoussi سيدي سنوسي22 km in a straight line
- Ouled Mimoun22 km in a straight line
- Bensekrane24 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 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 14 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 47 | 50 | 59 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 55 | 76 | 57 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (734 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 | 45% | 1% | 42% | 177% | 132% | 5% | — | 19% | 30% | 7% | 20% | 148% |
| 2021 | 67% | 10% | 91% | 81% | 66% | 116% | — | 24% | 31% | 12% | 65% | 48% |
| 2022 | 38% | 33% | 227% | 92% | 284% | 62% | — | 26% | 33% | 39% | 20% | 81% |
| 2023 | 75% | 105% | 10% | 3% | 89% | 154% | — | 0% | 152% | 27% | 6% | 25% |
| 2024 | 33% | 98% | 68% | 15% | 22% | 81% | — | 38% | 101% | 51% | 5% | 13% |
| 2025 | 72% | 61% | 104% | 38% | 75% | 76% | — | 26% | 73% | 19% | 15% | 136% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38428) · 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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