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Tršický vodopád

On the Olešnice.

When to go

Tršický vodopád, Tršice, okres Olomouc
Fry72 Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

Apr–Jul

Best months

274m

Elevation

The water at Tršický vodopád, month by month

It roars from March to July and in September.

The fullest months: from March to July and September.

  1. 53%Jan
  2. 68%Feb
  3. 90%Mar
  4. 91%Apr
  5. 100%May
  6. 92%Jun
  7. 83%Jul
  8. 73%Aug
  9. 78%Sep
  10. 72%Oct
  11. 57%Nov
  12. 38%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Tršický vodopád is a man-made waterfall on the Olešnice, in Czechia. It was made by people, not by the river alone.

Getting there.

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Seen from the sky.

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

Tršický vodopád 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 Olešnice through the falls
260 m265 m270 m275 mTršický vodopád-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 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 15 m in 1.8 km.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • 2waymarked walking routes[Z] Přerov - Veselíčko, poutní cesta sv. Kopeček - sv. Hostýn
  • 6car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 2picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 16information boards and visitor centres
  • 2bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesPlocha pro stanování, kempování a bivakování
  • 7hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmU kupku, Motorest ZD Kokory, Solitaire and 4 more
  • 4restaurants 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

  • Tršice0.2 km in a straight line
  • Doloplazy2.9 km in a straight line
  • Velký Újezd5.6 km in a straight line
  • Přáslavice5.6 km in a straight line
  • Kokory6.6 km in a straight line
  • Velký Týnec6.7 km in a straight line
  • Velká Bystřice7.2 km in a straight line
  • Dolní Újezd7.9 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C0281419242626201471
Night °C-6-5-1491315141051-4
Rain & snow (mm)454043437982827269544545
Wet days1010119141415111191011
Sun h/day1.32.84.46.46.87.27.37.05.23.21.20.9
Snow on the ground (cm)1917102000001717

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (274 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Tršický vodopád, Tršice, okres Olomouc 2
Fry72 Karel Frydrýšek · 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
202055%161%79%21%129%202%97%138%165%278%62%106%
202199%115%70%113%126%56%87%211%47%35%123%88%
202271%86%50%119%74%101%107%124%136%34%45%145%
2023119%82%68%144%93%68%81%182%40%113%185%166%
2024141%143%93%140%105%140%67%56%290%74%67%58%
202579%27%101%82%82%83%146%55%145%91%159%38%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Tršický vodopád

Czechia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

Loučská kaskáda

Czechia

  • 4 mHeight
  • 0.02 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

See the guide

Žabnický vodopád

Czechia

  • —Height
  • 0.02 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

See the guide

Pasecký vodopád

Czechia

  • 5 mHeight
  • 0.18 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q110016510) · CC0
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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