Russia Ravine

Sukhaya Ovsyanka

27 m deep, 26 km long.

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

The cut

27 metres, to scale.

A slice through Sukhaya Ovsyanka where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: a person · 1.8 m · a two-storey house · 9.0 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

27m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

3.5km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

2°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

26km

Length

Rim to floor

Afternoons, up top and down below.

In July the afternoon reaches 29 °C. The best months to hike are in May and in September. The rim freezes at night from November to March.

rim · 119 mfloor · 86 m

-9°-9°Jan
-7°-7°Feb
0°0°Mar
13°13°Apr
22°22°May
26°26°Jun
29°29°Jul
28°28°Aug
21°20°Sep
10°10°Oct
1°1°Nov
-6°-7°Dec

Hike: May, SepFrost on the rim: Nov–Mar

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

River in Saratov and Samara Oblasts, Russia

Sukhaya Ovsyanka is a ravine in Russia. The relief model measures 27 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 33 m to the higher one. It runs for 26 km. Rim to rim it is 3.5 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

Mayskoyenearest town · 14 km in a straight line
Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 151 km in a straight line
In May and in Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

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From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Sukhaya Ovsyanka seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

viewpoints within 5 km
marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
climbing crags within 3 km
footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
car parks within 3 km
information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
bus stops within 2 km
campsites within 8 km
hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
restaurants and cafés within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Mayskoye14 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Sukhaya Ovsyanka.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmComing soon

Teplovskoye Vodokhranilishche2.2 km² · 10 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	-9	-7	0	13	22	26	29	28	21	10	1	-6
Afternoon · rim	-9	-7	0	13	22	26	29	28	20	10	1	-7
Night · rim	-17	-16	-8	1	9	14	17	15	9	1	-5	-13
Rain (mm)	39	30	38	36	38	44	42	29	35	46	38	35
Rainy days	10	8	8	8	9	10	8	6	7	9	8	10
Sun hours/day	2.9	5.6	7.1	7.2	9.1	9.8	10.1	8.6	6.3	3.4	1.3	1.4
Snow on the ground (cm)	31	40	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	19

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	-9	-9	-17	39	2.9
Feb	-7	-7	-16	30	5.6
Mar	0	0	-8	38	7.1
Apr	13	13	1	36	7.2
May	22	22	9	38	9.1
Jun	26	26	14	44	9.8
Jul	29	29	17	42	10.1
Aug	28	28	15	29	8.6
Sep	21	20	9	35	6.3
Oct	10	10	1	46	3.4
Nov	1	1	-5	38	1.3
Dec	-6	-7	-13	35	1.4

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (86 m) and the rim (119 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	123%	111%	136%	105%	61%	131%	30%	110%	87%	58%	70%	68%
2021	131%	218%	82%	92%	100%	132%	29%	6%	180%	39%	138%	205%
2022	142%	138%	132%	140%	168%	111%	104%	5%	199%	132%	181%	88%
2023	66%	146%	70%	120%	94%	295%	235%	38%	53%	145%	265%	137%
2024	153%	98%	105%	91%	56%	114%	66%	131%	5%	88%	115%	99%
2025	86%	89%	70%	137%	114%	188%	36%	139%	43%	158%	113%	114%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q4447020) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.