Turkey 
In numbers.
40m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
298m
Elevation
The water at Yerköprü Waterfall, month by month
It roars from December to February.
The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from May to October.
- 99 m³/sJan
- 83 m³/sFeb
- 57 m³/sMar
- 31 m³/sApr
- 15 m³/sMay
- 6.5 m³/sJun
- 3.6 m³/sJul
- 2.9 m³/sAug
- 4.1 m³/sSep
- 14 m³/sOct
- 43 m³/sNov
- 84 m³/sDec
From about 2.9 m³/s in the lowest month to 99 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.
Getting there.
- Kuskan Yaylasınearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 87 km in a straight lineCar hire at GZP airport (Gazipaşa)Discover 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 128 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 267 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —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).
Towns nearby
- Kuskan Yaylası3.1 km in a straight line
- Köseçobanlı13 km in a straight line
- Akgedik18 km in a straight line
- Bozdoğan18 km in a straight line
- Işıklı20 km in a straight line
- Mut22 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 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 13 |
| Night °C | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 157 | 101 | 60 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 53 | 101 | 165 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 3.9 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (298 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 | 110% | 133% | 69% | 60% | 153% | 33% | — | — | 33% | 1% | 93% | 65% |
| 2021 | 105% | 30% | 145% | 63% | 5% | 37% | — | — | 39% | 16% | 68% | 115% |
| 2022 | 191% | 121% | 88% | 12% | 23% | 222% | — | — | 16% | 65% | 94% | 42% |
| 2023 | 35% | 57% | 144% | 124% | 150% | 137% | — | — | 26% | 57% | 125% | 110% |
| 2024 | 132% | 59% | 111% | 34% | 50% | 15% | — | — | 93% | 0% | 126% | 150% |
| 2025 | 6% | 32% | 38% | 103% | 50% | 4% | — | — | 31% | 82% | 31% | 103% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Yerköprü Waterfall
Turkey
- —Height
- 40 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q27929635) · 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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