Russia 
In numbers.
17m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Jun
Aug–Sep
Best months
97m
Elevation
The water at Girvas, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from January to March. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 13 m³/sJan
- 13 m³/sFeb
- 14 m³/sMar
- 19 m³/sApr
- 20 m³/sMay
- 18 m³/sJun
- 17 m³/sJul
- 17 m³/sAug
- 17 m³/sSep
- 16 m³/sOct
- 15 m³/sNov
- 15 m³/sDec
From about 13 m³/s in the lowest month to 20 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June and from August to September.
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.
Rapids on Suna river
Girvas is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Girvasnearest town · 2.7 km in a straight line
- Petrozavodsk Airport (PES)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at JOE airport (Joensuu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to June and from August to Septemberbest 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 26 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 22 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsВид на перекрытое русло реки Суна
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 18campsitesFor bikers, восточная стоянка, поляна и пляж and 15 more
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmУсадьба Гирвас, Нirvаsкоsкi
- 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
- Girvas2.7 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 | -8 | -3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 5 | -2 | -7 |
| Night °C | -15 | -14 | -9 | -2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | -6 | -12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 46 | 39 | 46 | 51 | 78 | 89 | 103 | 103 | 78 | 76 | 62 | 53 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 0.8 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 38 | 49 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 26 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (97 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 | 112% | 163% | 122% | 114% | 72% | 72% | 131% | 108% | 119% | 134% | 102% | 103% |
| 2021 | 109% | 95% | 116% | 98% | 150% | 54% | 52% | 147% | 87% | 119% | 96% | 92% |
| 2022 | 105% | 158% | 69% | 88% | 101% | 94% | 95% | 78% | 103% | 83% | 83% | 98% |
| 2023 | 137% | 69% | 165% | 91% | 70% | 63% | 237% | 88% | 178% | 141% | 152% | 106% |
| 2024 | 101% | 145% | 121% | 274% | 58% | 114% | 168% | 48% | 59% | 119% | 109% | 91% |
| 2025 | 148% | 59% | 125% | 112% | 89% | 114% | 57% | 99% | 73% | 59% | 91% | 120% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Girvas
Russia
- —Height
- 17 m³/sAverage flow
- May–Jun, Aug–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q18691213) · 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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