Venezuela Waterfall UNESCO World Heritage
Kumará Falls
One of the waterfalls of Venezuela.
In numbers.
8.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
968m
Elevation
The water at Kumará Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 4.1 m³/sJan
- 3.5 m³/sFeb
- 3.4 m³/sMar
- 5.4 m³/sApr
- 10 m³/sMay
- 15 m³/sJun
- 14 m³/sJul
- 12 m³/sAug
- 8.7 m³/sSep
- 6.2 m³/sOct
- 5.5 m³/sNov
- 5.0 m³/sDec
From about 3.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 15 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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.
Waterfall in Venezuela
Kumará Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It lies within Canaima National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Kanavayénnearest town · 23 km in a straight line
- Santa Elena de Uairén Airport (SNV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 117 km in a straight line
- From May to Augustbest 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 22 m in 3.3 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
- Kanavayén23 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| Night °C | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 50 | 39 | 48 | 125 | 250 | 304 | 236 | 217 | 119 | 91 | 98 | 78 |
| Wet days | 13 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (968 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 | 46% | 11% | 83% | 31% | 78% | 126% | 99% | 166% | 88% | 51% | 149% | 105% |
| 2021 | 134% | 46% | 302% | 117% | 106% | 77% | 126% | 172% | 79% | 179% | 135% | 233% |
| 2022 | 113% | 142% | 316% | 125% | 93% | 108% | 122% | 71% | 75% | 128% | 176% | 178% |
| 2023 | 76% | 85% | 81% | 116% | 109% | 64% | 97% | 31% | 3% | 48% | 12% | 18% |
| 2024 | 7% | 9% | 31% | 53% | 102% | 105% | 94% | 44% | 41% | 45% | 37% | 18% |
| 2025 | 40% | 59% | 112% | 82% | 70% | 83% | 142% | 33% | 13% | 108% | 38% | 26% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kumará Falls
Venezuela
- —Height
- 8.9 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q137257367) · 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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