Iran 
In numbers.
0.04m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Best months
1,317m
Elevation
The water at Qarasu Waterfall, month by month
It roars from March to April.
The fullest months: from March to April, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from June to January.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.0 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.0 m³/sSep
- 0.0 m³/sOct
- 0.0 m³/sNov
- 0.0 m³/sDec
From about 0.01 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.22 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May.
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 Kalat County, Iran
Qarasu Waterfall is a waterfall in Iran.
Getting there.
- Garūnearest town · 7.3 km in a straight line
- Mashhad International Airport (MHD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 km in a straight line
- From March to Maybest 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 394 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 112 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsقره سو
- —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
- Garū7.3 km in a straight line
- Kalāt-e Nāderī8.5 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 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 7 |
| Night °C | -5 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 29 | 41 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 15 |
| Wet days | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,317 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 | 204% | 136% | 212% | 257% | 162% | — | — | — | — | 24% | 83% | 147% |
| 2021 | 28% | 19% | 72% | 21% | 95% | — | — | — | — | 47% | 45% | 58% |
| 2022 | 84% | 84% | 96% | 230% | 889% | — | — | — | — | 83% | 73% | 53% |
| 2023 | 31% | 234% | 29% | 6% | 81% | — | — | — | — | 167% | 39% | 11% |
| 2024 | 69% | 125% | 83% | 74% | 420% | — | — | — | — | 267% | 47% | 66% |
| 2025 | 28% | 86% | 94% | 41% | 9% | — | — | — | — | 0% | 3% | 305% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Qarasu Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- 0.04 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–MayBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5912422) · 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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