Spain 
In numbers.
115m
Height
0.57m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–May
Oct–Nov
Best months
648kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Salt de Sallent, month by month
It roars from March to May and from October to November.
The fullest months: from March to May and from October to November.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.7 m³/sMar
- 0.9 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.2 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.9 m³/sOct
- 0.9 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.22 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.94 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 Catalonia, Spain
Salt de Sallent is a waterfall in Spain. The water falls 115 m.
Getting there.
- Tavertetnearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 730 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRO airport (Girona)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to May and from October to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
648 kW
About 0.57 m³/s falling 115 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 162 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.
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2 km
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 379 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 106 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsMirador del Silenci, Mirador dels Bassis, Mirador del Salt de Sallent and 3 more
- 8waymarked walking routesLa Jonquera - Sant Adrià del Besós, Camí Oliba, Vilanova de Sau-Rupit and 5 more
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 10information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmSaltant del Molí del Rodor, Salt d'en Panxa, Salt dels Esquellons and 2 more
- 1caves
- 6campsitesÀrea autocaravanes, Mas la Riba, Càmping Rupit and 3 more
- 14hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHostal Estrella, el Collell, l'Avenc and 11 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Tavertet5.0 km in a straight line
- Susqueda5.5 km in a straight line
- les Planes d'Hostoles7.2 km in a straight line
- L'Esquirol9.0 km in a straight line
- Sant Esteve d'en Bas12 km in a straight line
- Anglès15 km in a straight line
- Manlleu16 km in a straight line
- Sant Cristòfol de les Fonts17 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 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| Night °C | -1 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 43 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 57 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 76 | 57 | 33 |
| Wet days | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (739 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 | 307% | 9% | 138% | 302% | 102% | 314% | 199% | 135% | 163% | 113% | 277% | 148% |
| 2021 | 73% | 103% | 57% | 77% | 100% | 95% | 43% | 51% | 145% | 38% | 180% | 38% |
| 2022 | 24% | 16% | 219% | 81% | 57% | 36% | 68% | 124% | 100% | 37% | 43% | 76% |
| 2023 | 27% | 84% | 12% | 28% | 100% | 194% | 58% | 112% | 77% | 46% | 16% | 20% |
| 2024 | 35% | 74% | 209% | 177% | 144% | 294% | 81% | 71% | 168% | 146% | 69% | 77% |
| 2025 | 46% | 110% | 469% | 67% | 154% | 37% | 279% | 105% | 197% | 23% | 57% | 455% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Salt de Sallent
Spain
- 115 mHeight
- 0.57 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–May, Oct–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38929972) · 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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