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Tueeulala Falls

A 279 m drop.

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Tueeulala Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

In numbers.

279m

Height

OpenStreetMap

Mar–May

Best months

1,452m

Elevation

The water at Tueeulala Falls, month by month

It roars from January to March.

The fullest months: from January to March, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from June to October.

  1. 87%Jan
  2. 100%Feb
  3. 97%Mar
  4. 69%Apr
  5. 38%May
  6. 14%Jun
  7. 4%Jul
  8. 1%Aug
  9. 1%Sep
  10. 9%Oct
  11. 26%Nov
  12. 70%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May.

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

Waterfall

Tueeulala Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 279 m. It lies within Yosemite National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

279 mTueeulalaFalls93 mStatue ofLiberty96 mBig Ben139 mGreat Pyramid330 mEiffel Tower

Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

Seen from the sky.

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

Tueeulala Falls 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 river through the falls
1,200 m1,400 m1,600 mTueeulala Falls-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 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 485 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 119 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 1viewpointsWapama Falls
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmWapama Falls
  • —caves
  • 3campsitesHetch Hetchy Backpackers Campground
  • —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
  • —restaurants 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).

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C781014192631302620127
Night °C-2-20261115141161-2
Rain & snow (mm)1121121076438109684171134
Wet days1111129843224811
Sun h/day6.56.97.89.511.113.613.112.711.39.57.25.8
Snow on the ground (cm)1815127300002816

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,452 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

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
202028%2%103%135%108%89%62%63%11%0%58%47%
2021139%35%61%21%30%91%220%15%30%363%29%192%
20221%6%25%79%8%69%41%310%400%5%117%270%
2023269%139%286%7%93%206%3%525%241%14%61%36%
2024111%174%166%78%70%37%193%158%130%28%117%68%
202522%163%117%54%17%51%56%510%356%155%165%108%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Tueeulala Falls

United States

  • 279 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Mar–MayBest months

Yosemite Falls

United States

  • 739 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Mar–MayBest months

See the guide

Wapama Falls

United States

  • 392 mHeight
  • 1.6 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–MayBest months

See the guide

Horsetail Fall

United States

  • 650 mHeight
  • 8.4 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–MayBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q38232) · CC0
Height of the drop© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
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.

The family

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