Aven d'Aurel n°2
A fossil aven 3 metres deep and 3 metres in development, whose 0.5 m x 0.5 m opening leads onto a small pit choked with scree.
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Aven d'Aurel n°2
A fossil aven 3 metres deep and 3 metres in development, whose 0.5 m x 0.5 m opening leads onto a small pit choked with scree.
Aurel
Depth: 2 m
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A fossil aven 3 metres deep and 3 metres in development, whose 0.5 m x 0.5 m opening leads onto a small pit choked with scree.
Description
Morphology
Opening: 0.5 m x 0.5 m. The entrance porch leads onto a small pit choked with scree.
Depth and development: 3 metres.
Other details
Fossil aven - BRGM record 2 949 (916.5.4).
Source: GAUBERT Gérard and LE FALHER Benoït, "Arcanes de Vaucluse - Hydrologie et spéléologie des territoires alimentant en eau la fontaine de Vaucluse TOME 2", Association de Recherches et d'Etudes Hydrologique du Plateau d'Albion (AREHPA), 1995, page 157.
Source: BRGM inventory report of 1970 referenced 70-SGN-168-HYD, page 8 (see: http://infoterre.brgm.fr/rapports/70-SGN-168-HYD.pdf - page 13/71).
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/38154 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/38154 · data as of 2026