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El Salt

One of the waterfalls of Spain.

When to go

ElSalt
Tabalot · Public domain

In numbers.

Apr–May
Oct–Nov

Best months

355m

Elevation

The water at El Salt, month by month

It roars from October to November.

The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from July to August.

  1. 53%Jan
  2. 43%Feb
  3. 55%Mar
  4. 74%Apr
  5. 70%May
  6. 34%Jun
  7. 15%Jul
  8. 17%Aug
  9. 55%Sep
  10. 90%Oct
  11. 100%Nov
  12. 65%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from October to November.

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 Spain

El Salt is a waterfall in Spain.

Getting there.

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Seen from the sky.

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

El Salt 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 Barranc de l'Aigua-sana through the falls
300 m400 m500 mEl Salt-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0← 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 175 m in 2.3 km. Here the river runs about 64 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 1viewpoints
  • 5waymarked walking routesRuta del Carrasclet, Per les pedreres, Per les rouredes i els sovians and 2 more
  • —car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 1information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesÀrea autocaravanes
  • 16hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel NH Ciutat de Reus, Hotel Gaudí, Apartamento Turístico Nórdico Reus and 13 more
  • 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

  • Almoster3.4 km in a straight line
  • Vilaplana4.3 km in a straight line
  • La Selva del Camp5.7 km in a straight line
  • Reus6.0 km in a straight line
  • les Borges del Camp6.2 km in a straight line
  • Riudoms8.0 km in a straight line
  • Alforja8.1 km in a straight line
  • Riudecols8.9 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C111214161923262623201512
Night °C66810131820211815107
Rain & snow (mm)312639514921203158645227
Wet days645764469865
Sun h/day4.96.17.58.19.611.211.510.08.16.45.14.6

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (355 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

L'Aleixar 02
Jordi Gili · CC BY-SA 4.0
L'Aleixar 01
Jordi Gili · CC BY-SA 4.0
L'Aleixar1
Tabalot · Public domain

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
2020366%3%140%290%128%270%169%136%92%77%251%199%
2021142%64%34%39%69%178%61%184%70%61%209%10%
202219%12%243%61%59%58%81%162%104%43%54%95%
202321%122%3%6%56%162%53%130%70%53%14%12%
202498%57%164%147%65%465%221%66%126%181%143%64%
202522%69%272%38%89%25%257%115%155%124%72%394%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

El Salt

Spain

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

Salt del Torrent de Colljovà

Spain

  • —Height
  • 0.78 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Salt de la Baga Cerdana

Spain

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Salt d'aigua del Tenes

Spain

  • —Height
  • 0.42 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q17600866) · CC0
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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