Russia 
In numbers.
16m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Best months
253m
Elevation
The water at Kuperlya waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to May.
The fullest months: from April to May, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from July to March. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 1.7 m³/sJan
- 2.4 m³/sFeb
- 20 m³/sMar
- 83 m³/sApr
- 69 m³/sMay
- 36 m³/sJun
- 16 m³/sJul
- 11 m³/sAug
- 14 m³/sSep
- 18 m³/sOct
- 16 m³/sNov
- 8.1 m³/sDec
From about 1.7 m³/s in the lowest month to 83 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June.
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.
Kuperlya waterfall is a waterfall in Russia.
Getting there.
- Magnitogorsk International Airport (MQF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 143 km in a straight line
- From April to Junebest 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 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 157 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsЗнаменитый вид на р.Нугуш, Карстовый мост Куперля
- 1waymarked walking routesНа Куперлю
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmКуперля
- 1caves
- 8campsitesТурстоянка НП Башкирия 4, Турстоянка НП Башкирия 6, Турстоянка НП Башкирия 7 and 5 more
- —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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -10 | -8 | -1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 8 | -2 | -9 |
| Night °C | -18 | -16 | -9 | -1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 0 | -8 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 40 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 57 | 53 | 40 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 3.0 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 45 | 54 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (253 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 | 174% | 160% | 76% | 120% | 88% | 56% | 218% | 101% | 79% | 74% | 50% | 34% |
| 2021 | 119% | 150% | 112% | 58% | 12% | 89% | 70% | 6% | 101% | 74% | 93% | 145% |
| 2022 | 130% | 105% | 86% | 71% | 223% | 142% | 82% | 15% | 137% | 110% | 190% | 71% |
| 2023 | 80% | 103% | 96% | 32% | 58% | 111% | 125% | 85% | 179% | 251% | 152% | 181% |
| 2024 | 141% | 101% | 49% | 143% | 133% | 357% | 393% | 339% | 23% | 38% | 103% | 104% |
| 2025 | 130% | 50% | 121% | 133% | 157% | 202% | 131% | 124% | 45% | 86% | 97% | 126% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Kuperlya waterfall
Russia
- —Height
- 16 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4247446) · 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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