Iran 
In numbers.
0.30m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Best months
2,414m
Elevation
The water at Ganjnameh Waterfall, month by month
It roars from March to April.
The fullest months: from March to April. The thinnest: from June to October. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.9 m³/sFeb
- 1.7 m³/sMar
- 1.8 m³/sApr
- 1.0 m³/sMay
- 0.3 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.05 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.8 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May.
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 in Hamadan Province, Iran
Ganjnameh Waterfall is a waterfall in Iran.
Getting there.
- Hamadānnearest town · 9.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,400 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hamadan Airport (HDM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight line
- From March to Maybest 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.
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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 263 m in 3.1 km. Here the river runs about 260 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmآبشار گنجنامه
- —caves
- 2campsitesاردوگاه کیوارستان, اردوگاه ابوذر
- 6hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmپناهگاه ۱ میدان میشان, پناهگاه ۲ میدان میشان, هتل پارسیان همدان and 3 more
- 8restaurants 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
- Hamadān9.2 km in a straight line
- Maryānaj9.3 km in a straight line
- Chīshīn11 km in a straight line
- Shūrīn14 km in a straight line
- Kandor16 km in a straight line
- Ābshīneh17 km in a straight line
- Bahār18 km in a straight line
- Jūraqān19 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 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| Night °C | -10 | -8 | -5 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | -4 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 30 | 34 | 44 | 48 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 41 | 34 |
| Wet days | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,414 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 | 75% | 256% | 147% | 198% | 43% | 0% | — | — | — | 19% | 202% | 126% |
| 2021 | 41% | 152% | 61% | 5% | 39% | 0% | — | — | — | 29% | 85% | 181% |
| 2022 | 86% | 106% | 61% | 54% | 43% | 0% | — | — | — | 382% | 50% | 63% |
| 2023 | 162% | 82% | 125% | 76% | 199% | 217% | — | — | — | 37% | 109% | 28% |
| 2024 | 76% | 210% | 127% | 93% | 243% | 200% | — | — | — | 4% | 106% | 61% |
| 2025 | 46% | 117% | 122% | 67% | 128% | 117% | — | — | — | 1% | 7% | 136% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ganjnameh Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- 0.30 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–MayBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5682607) · 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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