Central African Republic Waterfall
Kembé Falls
One of the waterfalls of Central African Republic.
In numbers.
582m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
412m
Elevation
The water at Kembé Falls, month by month
It roars from June to October.
The fullest months: from June to October. The thinnest: from January to March.
- 232 m³/sJan
- 134 m³/sFeb
- 352 m³/sMar
- 649 m³/sApr
- 997 m³/sMay
- 1,112 m³/sJun
- 1,212 m³/sJul
- 1,300 m³/sAug
- 1,323 m³/sSep
- 1,404 m³/sOct
- 1,061 m³/sNov
- 638 m³/sDec
From about 134 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,404 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
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.
Central African waterfall system
Kembé Falls is a waterfall in Central African Republic.
Getting there.
- Kembénearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Gbadolite Airport (BDT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 113 km in a straight line
- From August to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 7 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 53 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus 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).
Towns nearby
- Kembé3.8 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 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 33 |
| Night °C | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 34 | 105 | 134 | 165 | 146 | 163 | 179 | 157 | 183 | 88 | 14 |
| Wet days | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | 8.2 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (412 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 | 0% | 19% | 120% | 84% | 181% | 143% | 130% | 160% | 91% | 62% | 128% | 93% |
| 2021 | 525% | 36% | 124% | 44% | 74% | 118% | 110% | 93% | 147% | 92% | 165% | 115% |
| 2022 | 45% | 38% | 61% | 156% | 137% | 83% | 219% | 150% | 111% | 78% | 165% | 91% |
| 2023 | 48% | 68% | 101% | 81% | 102% | 92% | 107% | 117% | 81% | 143% | 405% | 206% |
| 2024 | 12% | 44% | 150% | 97% | 64% | 82% | 89% | 95% | 85% | 97% | 144% | 366% |
| 2025 | 45% | 99% | 92% | 114% | 90% | 73% | 128% | 74% | 53% | 55% | 123% | 73% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6386900) · 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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