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Mumlava Waterfall

A 10 m drop on the Mumlava.

When to go

Mumlavsky vodopad
Karelj · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

10m

Height

0.80m³/s

Average flow

Apr–May
Jul–Aug

Best months

78kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Mumlava Waterfall, month by month

It roars from January to September.

It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.

  1. 1.3 m³/sJan
  2. 1.4 m³/sFeb
  3. 1.7 m³/sMar
  4. 1.5 m³/sApr
  5. 1.5 m³/sMay
  6. 1.4 m³/sJun
  7. 1.6 m³/sJul
  8. 1.6 m³/sAug
  9. 1.3 m³/sSep
  10. 1.0 m³/sOct
  11. 0.8 m³/sNov
  12. 0.4 m³/sDec
high water best months to go may freeze

From about 0.42 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from July 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.

Mumlava Waterfall is a waterfall on the Mumlava, in Czechia. The water falls 10 m over a front 10 m wide. It lies within Krkonoše National Park.

Getting there.

  • Harrachovnearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
  • Parking 740 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 86 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to May and from July to Augustbest months to go (estimate)

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

9.9 mMumlavaWaterfall1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

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

78 kW

About 0.80 m³/s falling 10 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 19 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.

Mumlava Waterfall 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 Mumlava through the falls
700 m800 mMumlava Waterfall-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← 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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 187 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 79 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 4viewpointsU Čtyř buků, vyhlídka na Harrachov and 2 more
  • 12waymarked walking routesZadní Blansko - Harrachov (kemp), [M] Harrachov - Špindlerův mlýn, [M] Harrachov (camp) - Harrachov (cz/pl) and 9 more
  • 28car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 16picnic sites
  • 6toilets
  • 68information boards and visitor centres
  • 2bus stops within 1 km
  • 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmvodopád Kamenice, Huťský vodopád
  • —caves
  • 1campsitesCamping Jiskra
  • 263hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmParkhotel Harrachov, Pension Karlos, Chata Lesni and 260 more
  • 38restaurants 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

  • Harrachov1.6 km in a straight line
  • Rokytnice nad Jizerou5.2 km in a straight line
  • Kořenov6.3 km in a straight line
  • Jablonec nad Jizerou7.6 km in a straight line
  • Szklarska Poręba7.8 km in a straight line
  • Vysoké nad Jizerou10 km in a straight line
  • Desná11 km in a straight line
  • Tanvald11 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C-2-14101519212116104-1
Night °C-8-7-4059111061-2-6
Rain & snow (mm)634654407081968566575456
Wet days141214101414151211111213
Sun h/day1.22.43.86.26.66.96.86.35.13.21.30.8
Snow on the ground (cm)1816113000002817

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (760 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

CZECHY - Mumlavsky Vodopad - panoramio
krysi@ · CC BY 3.0
Krkonose Mumlavsky Vodopad
Oweh28 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mumlava waterfall - panoramio
Honza and Ivana Ebr · CC BY 3.0

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
202053%246%85%25%129%209%42%136%112%220%47%47%
2021112%100%97%132%160%114%106%173%63%60%99%93%
202292%184%33%134%55%111%63%157%112%57%71%90%
2023107%157%137%187%56%73%69%210%31%137%214%182%
2024104%224%44%83%66%82%83%116%311%63%102%73%
202588%37%65%93%116%72%116%65%116%147%97%49%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Mumlava Waterfall

Czechia

  • 10 mHeight
  • 0.80 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

Pančavský vodopád

Czechia

  • 148 mHeight
  • 0.04 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Kamieńczyk Waterfall

Poland

  • 27 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Szklarka Waterfall

Poland

  • 13 mHeight
  • 0.84 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q3564928) · 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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