Uchan-su ( uk, Учан-Су, russian: Уча́н-Су crh, Uçan Suv), is a waterfall on the river
Uchan-su on the southern slopes of the
Crimean Mountains
The Crimean Mountains ( uk, Кримські гори, translit. ''Krymski hory''; russian: Крымские горы, translit. ''Krymskie gory''; crh, Qırım dağları) are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast o ...
in
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...
. The name translates from the Crimean Tatar language for ''flying water''.
Uchan-su, the highest waterfall in Crimea,
is a popular tourist attraction located 7 km from the city of
Yalta halfway to
Ai-Petri Mountain. The waterfall is high at an altitude of and is most powerful during the spring when it is fed by snow melt in the mountains. The water originates from one of the
Ai-Petri tops which falls onto the
shallow water .
References
Waterfalls of Crimea
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