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Kaeng Sopha waterfall

On the Wang Thong River.

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In numbers.

Jul–Oct

Best months

406m

Elevation

The water at Kaeng Sopha waterfall, month by month

It roars from August to September.

The fullest months: from August to September. The thinnest: from November to April.

  1. 1%Jan
  2. 1%Feb
  3. 3%Mar
  4. 10%Apr
  5. 41%May
  6. 56%Jun
  7. 64%Jul
  8. 83%Aug
  9. 100%Sep
  10. 66%Oct
  11. 24%Nov
  12. 5%Dec
high water best months to go

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

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall

Kaeng Sopha waterfall is a waterfall on the Wang Thong River, in Thailand. It lies within Thung Salaeng Luang National Park.

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Seen from the sky.

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

Kaeng Sopha waterfall 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.

What is around.

  • 2viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • 1information boards and visitor centres
  • 1bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • —campsites
  • —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
  • —restaurants 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C293234353230292828282827
Night °C161922242323222222211815
Rain & snow (mm)10133467168161171220236114219
Wet days2261122232526251641
Sun h/day7.77.87.07.86.85.84.94.45.16.37.97.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (406 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Khaengshopha wf - panoramio
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Kaengsopha Waterfall - panoramio
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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
20200%0%99%195%68%103%74%134%87%149%22%0%
20210%155%71%355%47%74%144%68%148%170%91%3%
2022116%694%197%116%124%65%161%134%135%133%201%144%
202316%58%26%53%65%78%78%55%170%278%39%3%
202491%2%223%8%144%84%144%117%90%138%91%7%
20253%258%38%123%153%88%109%140%141%112%571%117%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Kaeng Sopha waterfall

Thailand

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Jul–OctBest months

Kaeng Song waterfall

Thailand

  • —Height
  • 7.7 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Namtok Si Dit

Thailand

  • —Height
  • 0.69 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

Thi Lo Su waterfall

Thailand

  • 250 mHeight
  • 4.1 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jul–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q37818) · 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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