Uchan-Su waterfall
| Uchan-Su waterfall Учан-Су |
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 The Uchan-Su waterfall. |
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| Coordinates | 44 ° 29 '33 " N , 34 ° 5' 31.9" E | |
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| place | Yalta , Crimea , Ukraine | |
| height | 98 m drop edge : 390 m impact zone : 292 m |
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| Number of fall levels | 2 | |
| flow | Uchan-Su | |
The Uchan-Su waterfall (Ukrainian and Russian: Учан-Су ; Crimean Tatar : Uçan Suv) is a waterfall of the Uchan-Su river on the southern slopes of the Crimean Mountains on the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine .
The name Uchan-Su means "falling water" when translated from the Crimean Tatar language.
Uchan-Su waterfall is a popular tourist attraction and, at 98.5 meters high, is one of the highest waterfalls in Ukraine. The waterfall has two levels. On the first level there is a small building with a sculpture of an eagle.
natural reserve
1947 uchan-su was declared a nature reserve and is since 1973 part of the 14,523 ha large Yalta mountain forest nature reserve .
Water drainage
On an annual average, 50 liters of water flow through the waterfall per second. However, the amount of runoff is distributed very differently depending on the season. While the waterfall is sometimes frozen in severe winters and almost dried up in summer, it carries most of the water in the spring after the snow has melted .
location
 
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Location of the Uchan-Su waterfall in the Crimea |
The waterfall is located at an altitude of 390 meters above sea level, 7 km west of the city of Yalta , halfway to Mount Aj-Petri and can be reached via the regional road Т 0117.
Uchan-Su (river)
The Uchan-Su rises at a height of 900 m on the slopes of the Aj-Petri and flows in the upper reaches through a gorge, then forms the waterfall at a distance of 2 km from the source. After a total of only 8.4 kilometers it flows into the Black Sea in the center of Yalta . Its catchment area is 38 km² and its average flow rate at the mouth is only 0.37 m³ / s, as the river water is partly used for water supply and irrigation.
Web links
- Description and photos of the waterfall (Russian)
- Uchan-Su waterfall website (Russian)
Remarks
- ↑ The Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on the nature reserve: Yalta Mountain Forest Nature Reserve