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Prenn Falls

One of the waterfalls of Vietnam.

When to go

Thác prenn
Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

1.4m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Sep–Dec

Best months

1,125m

Elevation

The water at Prenn Falls, month by month

It roars from October to November.

The fullest months: from October to November. The thinnest: from February to June.

  1. 1.0 m³/sJan
  2. 0.4 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.3 m³/sMar
  4. 0.4 m³/sApr
  5. 0.9 m³/sMay
  6. 0.9 m³/sJun
  7. 1.1 m³/sJul
  8. 1.2 m³/sAug
  9. 2.0 m³/sSep
  10. 2.7 m³/sOct
  11. 3.3 m³/sNov
  12. 2.2 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.31 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.3 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from September to December.

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 Lam Dong, Vietnam

Prenn Falls is a waterfall in Vietnam.

Getting there.

  • Ðà Lạtnearest town · 8.4 km in a straight line
  • Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Lien Khuong Airport (DLI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight line
  • From September to Decemberbest 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.

Prenn Falls 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 Đa Prenn through the falls
1,100 m1,110 m1,120 m1,130 mPrenn Falls-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0← 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 30 m in 2.1 km. Here the river runs about 17 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 1information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmThác Datanla
  • —caves
  • 4campsitesBờ hồ and 3 more
  • 60hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHong Mon Villa, YOLO Camping House, Green Valley Hotel and 57 more
  • 4restaurants 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

  • Ðà Lạt8.4 km in a straight line
  • Thạnh Mỹ13 km in a straight line
  • Lạc Dương15 km in a straight line
  • Đưc Trọng19 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C212325272726262625232221
Night °C131315161818181818161614
Rain & snow (mm)349233811286101117197225251112
Wet days52361516181821221812
Sun h/day5.87.57.77.86.75.85.44.95.04.74.13.9

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,125 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Akvofalo Prenn 01
RG72 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Akvofalo Prenn 02
RG72 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prenn waterfall market
Diane Selwyn · Public domain

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
20208%82%4%56%59%181%167%213%109%202%149%103%
202118%25%57%371%169%166%165%137%163%271%189%58%
202244%274%669%310%173%140%219%253%134%146%83%269%
2023328%182%14%14%185%218%277%136%175%98%69%102%
202490%165%24%3%200%252%353%166%149%80%37%184%
202567%795%134%54%249%259%123%120%224%190%219%96%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Prenn Falls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • 1.4 m³/sAverage flow
  • Sep–DecBest months

Datanla falls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Sep–DecBest months

See the guide

Elephant Waterfalls

Vietnam

  • —Height
  • 7.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Aug–NovBest months

See the guide

Pongour Waterfall

Vietnam

  • 40 mHeight
  • 51 m³/sAverage flow
  • Aug–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q10825669) · 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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