
In numbers.
4m
Height
1.7m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
68kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Shypun Waterfall, month by month
It roars from April to July.
The fullest months: from April to July. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.8 m³/sJan
- 1.6 m³/sFeb
- 2.9 m³/sMar
- 3.6 m³/sApr
- 4.6 m³/sMay
- 4.3 m³/sJun
- 3.8 m³/sJul
- 2.2 m³/sAug
- 1.9 m³/sSep
- 1.6 m³/sOct
- 1.0 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.51 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.6 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
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.
Shypun Waterfall is a waterfall in Ukraine. The water falls 4 m.
Getting there.
- Synevyrska Poliananearest town · 5.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,250 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Maramureș International Airport (BAY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 99 km in a straight lineCar hire at IFO airport (Ivano-Frankivsk)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest 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.
68 kW
About 1.7 m³/s falling 4 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 17 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 54 m in 2.8 km. Here the river runs about 274 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 3waymarked walking routesЗакарпатський туристичний шлях, Терсовата-Негровець, Синевирська Поляна - Терсовата
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 8picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmКам'янка
- —caves
- 25campsitesМале місце для наметів, 3-5 наметів and 23 more
- 12hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmКам'янка, Home stay, Гостинний Двір "Синевир" and 9 more
- 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
- Synevyrska Poliana5.5 km in a straight line
- Synevyr5.9 km in a straight line
- Nehrovets9.4 km in a straight line
- Horb10 km in a straight line
- Mizhhirya12 km in a straight line
- Kolochava13 km in a straight line
- Zaperedillia13 km in a straight line
- Soymy15 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 | -3 | -1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | -1 |
| Night °C | -9 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 54 | 65 | 61 | 111 | 117 | 113 | 77 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 58 |
| Wet days | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 23 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
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 | 45% | 154% | 88% | 47% | 125% | 207% | 124% | 72% | 157% | 165% | 38% | 102% |
| 2021 | 135% | 158% | 103% | 136% | 110% | 74% | 134% | 122% | 63% | 20% | 89% | 204% |
| 2022 | 117% | 79% | 21% | 122% | 39% | 41% | 55% | 79% | 254% | 60% | 99% | 167% |
| 2023 | 143% | 128% | 90% | 153% | 46% | 134% | 118% | 106% | 54% | 97% | 190% | 169% |
| 2024 | 148% | 118% | 88% | 97% | 43% | 95% | 69% | 54% | 136% | 77% | 80% | 51% |
| 2025 | 83% | 25% | 123% | 111% | 104% | 22% | 133% | 66% | 117% | 77% | 102% | 34% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q120377387) · 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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