Russia 
In numbers.
2.6m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
2,158m
Elevation
The water at Galduridon, month by month
It roars from April to June.
The fullest months: from April to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from December to January. Below −4 °C on average (from December to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.6 m³/sFeb
- 4.2 m³/sMar
- 5.6 m³/sApr
- 7.1 m³/sMay
- 6.6 m³/sJun
- 4.1 m³/sJul
- 2.2 m³/sAug
- 2.0 m³/sSep
- 1.8 m³/sOct
- 1.2 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.34 m³/s in the lowest month to 7.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May 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.
Galduridon is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
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- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
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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 538 m in 1.9 km.
What is around.
- 5viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 8other named waterfalls within 4 kmЧёртова мельница, Байради, Бородага and 5 more
- —caves
- 30campsitesПорог неба, Альплагерь "Комы-Арт", Орлиное гнездо and 27 more
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmРостсельмаш
- 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).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -5 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | -3 |
| Night °C | -15 | -14 | -9 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -2 | -8 | -13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 52 | 41 | 74 | 69 | 97 | 104 | 79 | 65 | 71 | 72 | 63 | 48 |
| Wet days | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 31 | 34 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,158 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
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 | 83% | 88% | 80% | 84% | 146% | 87% | 78% | 160% | 43% | 25% | 45% | 56% |
| 2021 | 89% | 162% | 69% | 94% | 78% | 105% | 134% | 78% | 143% | 81% | 57% | 68% |
| 2022 | 81% | 77% | 84% | 84% | 121% | 122% | 64% | 61% | 87% | 98% | 53% | 43% |
| 2023 | 38% | 151% | 89% | 107% | 136% | 147% | 135% | 44% | 108% | 62% | 168% | 106% |
| 2024 | 134% | 114% | 64% | 48% | 113% | 71% | 96% | 58% | 87% | 114% | 112% | 86% |
| 2025 | 48% | 94% | 94% | 167% | 82% | 69% | 57% | 25% | 167% | 97% | 2% | 73% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Galduridon
Russia
- —Height
- 2.6 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q97496247) · 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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