Russia 
In numbers.
0.45m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Oct
Best months
633m
Elevation
The water at Khanagsky Waterfall, month by month
It roars from March to May.
The fullest months: from March to May. The thinnest: August.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.7 m³/sFeb
- 1.1 m³/sMar
- 1.1 m³/sApr
- 1.0 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.8 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.16 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and October.
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.
Khanagsky Waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Khuchninearest town · 2.9 km in a straight line
- Makhachkala Uytash International Airport (MCX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 97 km in a straight lineCar hire at GBB airport (Gabala)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to May and Octoberbest 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 80 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 87 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesКавказская тропа — Дагестан — Узоры Времён
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 4campsitesПоляна для кемпинга, не оборудованная, Место под палатку, Место для нескольких палаток and 1 more
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- 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
- Khuchni2.9 km in a straight line
- Madzhalis18 km in a straight line
- Gedzhukh21 km in a straight line
- Chinar23 km in a straight line
- Khiv24 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 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Night °C | -3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 27 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 39 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Wet days | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (633 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 | 86% | 97% | 37% | 71% | 137% | 25% | 230% | 155% | 40% | 21% | 286% | 249% |
| 2021 | 75% | 87% | 163% | 22% | 128% | 78% | 160% | 371% | 292% | 213% | 25% | 151% |
| 2022 | 64% | 36% | 177% | 28% | 192% | 149% | 92% | 32% | 125% | 142% | 67% | 109% |
| 2023 | 86% | 102% | 30% | 74% | 119% | 599% | 126% | 88% | 201% | 60% | 68% | 267% |
| 2024 | 41% | 91% | 186% | 36% | 162% | 253% | 184% | 58% | 100% | 158% | 138% | 116% |
| 2025 | 43% | 77% | 83% | 340% | 77% | 100% | 35% | 101% | 391% | 79% | 18% | 226% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Khanagsky Waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 0.45 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q48941577) · 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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