Best viewing time of Hukou Waterfall

Hukou Waterfall is the best in spring and autumn.

The best viewing time of Hukou Waterfall is in spring and autumn respectively. The current in these two periods is large and steady, and the width of the waterfall can reach about 1000 meters. According to the lunar calendar, April-May is March, when peach blossoms are in full bloom, and there is a saying that peach blossoms flood in March. Peach blossoms are blooming all over the mountains, and the frozen ice cliffs on the shore melt.

During September-165438+1October, summer passed and the rainy season passed. Many streams and springs here have the maximum flow. Under the sunshine, when the breeze blows, rainbows often appear, which is called Hukou autumn wind.

The fog at hukou is related to season and flow. In winter, the river course is frozen, the waterfalls are mostly frozen, the incoming water from the surface is reduced, the flow at the mouth of the hukou is reduced to 150-500 m3/s, the water flows downward, the spray is not big, and few water mist flies out of the trough.

In summer, the flow rate increases greatly, the water overflows the deep trough, the drop is very small, the waterfall disappears, and it is not easy to form dense water mist to rise to the sky; In spring and autumn, the flow is moderate, the temperature is not high, the waterfall falls more than 20 meters, and the rapids splash, forming a fog that diffuses in the air, that is, the scene of "underwater smoking".

Features of Hukou Waterfall:

Hukou Waterfall is a scenic spot in two provinces, one in Hukou Township, Yichuan County, Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province, and the other in Hukou Town, Jixian County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Hukou Waterfall is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, the second largest waterfall in China and the largest yellow waterfall in the world. The Yellow River flows through here, with steep stone walls on both sides and narrow estuary, hence the name Hukou Waterfall.

Hukou Waterfall is the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The water surface of the Yellow River upstream of the waterfall is 300 meters wide, and it is compressed to 20 to 30 meters wide in a long distance of less than 500 meters. 1 1,000 m3/s of river water pours down from a steep cliff more than 20 meters high, forming the spirit of "a pot of Yellow River travels thousands of miles".

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