Turkey 
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
18m
Elevation
The water at Tarsus Waterfall, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 35 m³/sJan
- 31 m³/sFeb
- 24 m³/sMar
- 14 m³/sApr
- 8.9 m³/sMay
- 4.1 m³/sJun
- 1.8 m³/sJul
- 1.0 m³/sAug
- 1.7 m³/sSep
- 3.8 m³/sOct
- 12 m³/sNov
- 30 m³/sDec
From about 1.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 35 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
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.
Tarsus Waterfall is a waterfall in Turkey.
Getting there.
- Bolatlınearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Çukurova International Airport (COV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire in MersinDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest 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 12 m in 3.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 19car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 3toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesTarsus Karavan Parkı
- 5hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBurhanoğlu Konağ, Zorbaz Otel, Safir Residence and 2 more
- 28restaurants 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
- Bolatlı1.7 km in a straight line
- Tarsus1.8 km in a straight line
- Akgedik3.0 km in a straight line
- Kaleburcu5.4 km in a straight line
- Özbek5.6 km in a straight line
- Yeşiltepe9.9 km in a straight line
- Atalar10 km in a straight line
- Alifakı10 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 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 15 |
| Night °C | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 101 | 75 | 60 | 40 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 62 | 114 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 4.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (18 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 | 149% | 149% | 89% | 52% | 120% | 85% | — | 21% | 9% | 0% | 72% | 40% |
| 2021 | 121% | 44% | 95% | 96% | 13% | 29% | — | 277% | 129% | 10% | 71% | 128% |
| 2022 | 202% | 104% | 130% | 16% | 34% | 142% | — | 29% | 41% | 55% | 109% | 27% |
| 2023 | 16% | 61% | 128% | 139% | 127% | 115% | — | 95% | 59% | 97% | 129% | 76% |
| 2024 | 81% | 49% | 90% | 56% | 145% | 10% | — | 105% | 124% | 7% | 139% | 96% |
| 2025 | 2% | 41% | 48% | 77% | 54% | 6% | — | 11% | 18% | 60% | 45% | 92% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tarsus Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 12 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7686789) · 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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