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Stueberfall

On the Meng.

When to go

Stüberwasserfall-Nenzing-Nenzinger Himmel-01ASD
Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.39m³/s

Average flow

estimate

May–Aug

Best months

1,487m

Elevation

The water at Stueberfall, month by month

It roars from April to September.

The fullest months: from April to September, with the snowmelt. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.

  1. 0.2 m³/sJan
  2. 0.2 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.5 m³/sMar
  4. 0.6 m³/sApr
  5. 0.7 m³/sMay
  6. 0.7 m³/sJun
  7. 0.7 m³/sJul
  8. 0.7 m³/sAug
  9. 0.5 m³/sSep
  10. 0.4 m³/sOct
  11. 0.3 m³/sNov
  12. 0.2 m³/sDec
high water best months to go may freeze

From about 0.16 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.74 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.

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, natural monument in the Nenzinger Himmel, municipality Nenzing, Vorarlberg, Austria, European Union

Stueberfall is a waterfall on the Meng, in Austria.

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Stueberfall 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 Meng through the falls
1,400 m1,600 mStueberfall-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← 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 356 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 283 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 2viewpoints
  • 12waymarked walking routesZentralalpenweg 02, Bergstation Sareis - Nenzinger Himmel (A), Bergstation Sareis - Pfaelzerhuette and 9 more
  • —car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 kmStüberfall
  • —caves
  • 1campsitesStellplatz Malbun P2, Triesenberg
  • 11hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmOberzalimhütte, Pfälzerhütte, Schesaplanahütte and 8 more
  • 7restaurants 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

  • Brand7.8 km in a straight line
  • Triesenberg8.7 km in a straight line
  • Triesen9.1 km in a straight line
  • Balzers10 km in a straight line
  • Grüsch11 km in a straight line
  • Mäls11 km in a straight line
  • Vaduz12 km in a straight line
  • Maienfeld12 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C-2-1391317191814104-1
Night °C-10-10-6-1379940-4-9
Rain & snow (mm)927091931471731691851211039193
Wet days141215162020201916141414
Sun h/day2.53.85.36.56.78.08.17.36.04.22.42.0
Snow on the ground (cm)374126117201481524

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,487 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Naturdenkmal Stüberfall, Nenzinger Himmel (1367 m ü.M.), Bezirk Bludenz, Vorarlberg
Naturpuur · CC BY 4.0
Stüberfall Naturdenkmal, Nenzinger Himmel (1367 m ü.M.), Bezirk Bludenz, Vorarlberg
Naturpuur · CC BY 4.0
Nenzing-Nenzinger Himmel-chapel-Stüberfall-01ASD
Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
202057%200%97%54%76%137%80%138%95%173%33%134%
2021265%98%117%66%140%98%220%119%82%56%105%136%
202267%183%17%104%85%102%84%70%141%102%91%94%
202360%59%145%175%138%46%116%140%86%125%248%211%
2024114%115%196%148%156%137%130%59%178%129%81%116%
2025115%45%79%82%111%93%170%97%145%100%104%25%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Stueberfall

Austria

  • —Height
  • 0.39 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

Gampfall

Austria

  • —Height
  • 0.35 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Seerenbach Falls

Switzerland

  • 585 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Thur waterfalls

Switzerland

  • 10 mHeight
  • 0.66 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q21880642) · 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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