
In numbers.
Apr–Jul
Best months
447m
Elevation
The water at Kamyshlinsky Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to August.
The fullest months: from April to August. The thinnest: from December to February. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 15%Jan
- 15%Feb
- 39%Mar
- 80%Apr
- 100%May
- 96%Jun
- 90%Jul
- 76%Aug
- 55%Sep
- 32%Oct
- 27%Nov
- 22%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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 the Shebalinsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia
Kamyshlinsky Waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Cherganearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,260 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport (BAX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 240 km in a straight line
- From April to Julybest 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 160 m in 3.4 km. Here the river runs about 183 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsВид на Камышлинский водопад, вид на водопад со скалы
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmКамышлинский водопад, Ручей широкий
- —caves
- 15campsitesОрлёнок, Поляна на Катуни, Шишкулар and 12 more
- 41hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmОрлиное гнездо, Усадьба Барангол, Тандалай and 38 more
- 17restaurants 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
- Cherga17 km in a straight line
- Manzherok18 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 | -7 | -4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 0 | -6 |
| Night °C | -17 | -15 | -8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | -8 | -14 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 18 | 30 | 55 | 79 | 82 | 100 | 79 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 22 |
| Wet days | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.9 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 23 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 20 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (447 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 | 123% | 219% | 100% | 57% | 84% | 120% | 118% | 108% | 106% | 157% | 51% | 132% |
| 2021 | 156% | 254% | 142% | 76% | 121% | 131% | 76% | 85% | 86% | 93% | 78% | 128% |
| 2022 | 107% | 66% | 102% | 94% | 41% | 121% | 103% | 60% | 64% | 81% | 109% | 156% |
| 2023 | 198% | 122% | 92% | 127% | 99% | 43% | 78% | 146% | 131% | 129% | 106% | 121% |
| 2024 | 126% | 146% | 62% | 97% | 161% | 201% | 103% | 113% | 207% | 115% | 92% | 81% |
| 2025 | 170% | 75% | 94% | 101% | 124% | 73% | 124% | 139% | 234% | 77% | 114% | 148% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4211962) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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