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Vaňovský vodopád

A 26 m drop.

When to go

Vaňov waterfall
Palu , Michal Havel · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

26m

Height

0.01m³/s

Average flow

Apr–Jun
Aug

Best months

3kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Vaňovský vodopád, month by month

It roars in January and from March to September.

The fullest months: January and from March to September.

  1. 75%Jan
  2. 74%Feb
  3. 95%Mar
  4. 94%Apr
  5. 100%May
  6. 92%Jun
  7. 93%Jul
  8. 95%Aug
  9. 84%Sep
  10. 75%Oct
  11. 68%Nov
  12. 53%Dec
high water best months to go

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

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

Waterfall in Czechia

Vaňovský vodopád is a waterfall in Czechia. The water falls 26 m. It lies within České středohoří Protected Landscape Area.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

26 mVaňovskývodopád1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

3 kW

About 0.01 m³/s falling 26 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 1 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.

Vaňovský 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 Podlešínský potok through the falls
200 m300 m400 mVaňovský vodopád-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.

Around the falls the river drops 270 m in 1.5 km.

What is around.

  • 12viewpointsVrkoč, Malá Skála, Vaňovská Skála and 9 more
  • 15waymarked walking routes[Z] Větruše - Stadice, [M] Trmice - Dolní Zálezly, [Ž] Litochovice nad Labem žst - Střekov hrad and 12 more
  • 11car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • 21information boards and visitor centres
  • 13bus stops within 1 km
  • 4other named waterfalls within 4 kmPrůčelský vodopád, Vodopád, Hostovický vodopád and 1 more
  • —caves
  • 5campsitesCyklokemp Loděnice, Marina Kemp Valtirov, Caravan Club Ústí nad Labem and 2 more
  • 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmUbytování Stará, Interhotel Bohemia, Hotel Vladimir and 14 more
  • 12restaurants 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

  • Ústí nad Labem3.5 km in a straight line
  • Trmice3.6 km in a straight line
  • Řehlovice6.7 km in a straight line
  • Velké Březno7.9 km in a straight line
  • Chabařovice8.5 km in a straight line
  • Povrly9.6 km in a straight line
  • Chlumec11 km in a straight line
  • Velemín11 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C1381419232625201372
Night °C-5-4-138121414941-3
Rain & snow (mm)443238356470787654474644
Wet days1191191314151211101011
Sun h/day1.32.83.95.96.36.86.86.14.83.11.21.0
Snow on the ground (cm)1615102000002816

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (320 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Vanovsky vodopad
Štědrá K. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stredohori vodopad
Ondrej.konicek at Czech Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vaňovský vodopád
Palu , Michal Havel · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
202047%201%95%31%89%137%39%145%96%150%25%66%
2021155%157%78%95%153%161%148%133%43%42%109%89%
202287%118%40%141%50%152%45%96%134%55%89%88%
202377%93%157%151%25%97%66%155%41%134%157%183%
2024100%186%36%102%175%92%79%85%181%95%65%83%
202597%49%60%104%75%89%109%50%166%95%85%46%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Vaňovský vodopád

Czechia

  • 26 mHeight
  • 0.01 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, AugBest months

Bobří vodopád

Czechia

  • 8 mHeight
  • 0.03 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Lichtenhain Waterfall

Germany

  • —Height
  • 1.1 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Amsel Falls

Germany

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q11878047) · 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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