In the North-Eastern part of Lesvos, a few kilometers south of the settlement of Mandamados, is the “Man’ Katsa” waterfall, one of the most famous and easily accessible waterfalls of the island.
The waterfall is created by the sharp discontinuity of the rocks, along a large fault. The cliff from which the waters of Aspropotamos fall with speed, rises to 15 meters, the swirling of the water creates a natural deepening at the point of the fall, forming a natural pond.
The area is covered in volcanic rock and the waterfall is created on an extensive outcrop of ignimbrite, a volcanic rock formed 17 million years ago, after a violent eruption of the Lepetymnos volcano. The tectonic action caused the rocks to fragment and create large faults that created tectonic terraces. The erosion of the rocks that followed created today’s impressive landform of the Man’ Katsa waterfall.