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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterfall

Movran

A 584 m drop.

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Movran seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

In numbers.

584m

Height

0.14m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–May
Oct–Nov

Best months

773kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Movran, month by month

It roars from November to April.

The fullest months: from November to April. The thinnest: from July to August.

  1. 0.2 m³/sJan
  2. 0.2 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.2 m³/sMar
  4. 0.2 m³/sApr
  5. 0.1 m³/sMay
  6. 0.1 m³/sJun
  7. 0.0 m³/sJul
  8. 0.0 m³/sAug
  9. 0.1 m³/sSep
  10. 0.1 m³/sOct
  11. 0.2 m³/sNov
  12. 0.2 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.03 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.25 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from October 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.

Waterfall in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Movran is a waterfall in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The water falls 584 m.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

584 mMovran139 mGreat Pyramid330 mEiffel Tower443 mEmpire StateBuilding828 mBurj Khalifa

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

773 kW

About 0.14 m³/s falling 584 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 193 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Movran seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Movran through the falls
800 m1,000 mMovran0← upstreamdownstream →

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 360 m in 0.3 km.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • —car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 1picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 1campsitesCamp Blidinje
  • 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmPlaninska kuća Javorak, Achillea
  • —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

  • Kočerin20 km in a straight line
  • Široki Brijeg20 km in a straight line
  • Lise20 km in a straight line
  • Jablanica20 km in a straight line
  • Posušje21 km in a straight line
  • Drežnica22 km in a straight line
  • Grude24 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C2371217222727201593
Night °C-5-5-227111313841-4
Rain & snow (mm)105998873645232408495128123
Wet days11101111119669101312
Sun h/day3.13.54.76.17.69.410.49.67.05.43.42.9
Snow on the ground (cm)141282000001411

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,003 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202017%31%43%37%57%91%25%123%103%208%30%262%
2021169%51%31%70%71%20%46%157%24%103%195%149%
202223%36%35%82%35%64%53%92%69%9%145%141%
2023155%49%82%77%236%116%95%266%58%65%155%64%
202466%83%160%42%71%68%87%96%206%83%53%79%
202548%83%174%60%82%10%199%185%107%78%129%62%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Movran

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 584 mHeight
  • 0.14 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months

Kravica

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 28 mHeight
  • 27 m³/sAverage flow
  • Dec–MarBest months

See the guide

Koćuša

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • —Height
  • 1.3 m³/sAverage flow
  • Dec–MarBest months

See the guide

Šištica waterfall

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 12 mHeight
  • 32 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q55831999) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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