Turkey 
In numbers.
0.49m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Jun
Best months
784m
Elevation
The water at Samandere Waterfall, month by month
It roars from January to May.
The fullest months: from January to May. The thinnest: from August to September.
- 0.8 m³/sJan
- 0.9 m³/sFeb
- 1.0 m³/sMar
- 0.9 m³/sApr
- 0.8 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.2 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.15 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.99 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
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.
Getting there.
- Çelenearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
- Zonguldak Çaycuma Airport (ONQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 114 km in a straight lineCar hire in CaycumaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest months to go (estimate)
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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 369 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 123 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —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
- 1restaurants 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
- Çele9.4 km in a straight line
- Sarıyer10 km in a straight line
- Karaçalı10 km in a straight line
- Kaynaşlı10 km in a straight line
- Merkez11 km in a straight line
- Kumluca11 km in a straight line
- Doğanlı12 km in a straight line
- Muncurlu14 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 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 6 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 51 | 55 | 46 | 57 | 61 | 25 | 24 | 35 | 50 | 43 | 63 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (784 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 | 91% | 169% | 70% | 59% | 106% | 202% | 46% | 2% | 43% | 104% | 35% | 37% |
| 2021 | 139% | 84% | 135% | 148% | 91% | 159% | 139% | 98% | 157% | 65% | 130% | 104% |
| 2022 | 149% | 153% | 89% | 84% | 47% | 222% | 76% | 205% | 60% | 91% | 75% | 73% |
| 2023 | 25% | 89% | 181% | 168% | 130% | 176% | 230% | 39% | 70% | 79% | 320% | 111% |
| 2024 | 135% | 47% | 79% | 46% | 125% | 18% | 192% | 8% | 138% | 87% | 180% | 99% |
| 2025 | 80% | 100% | 44% | 131% | 80% | 16% | 27% | 52% | 105% | 215% | 66% | 113% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Samandere Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 0.49 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6015569) · 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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