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Aven de Challis

An opening 0.80 m by 0.50 m whose porch leads to a forced-conduit-type squeeze opening onto a small shaft.

Aurel 11m

An opening 0.80 m by 0.50 m whose porch leads to a forced-conduit-type squeeze opening onto a small shaft.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Aurel
  • Depth: 11 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven de Challis

    44.140375, 5.418742
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Description

Morphology

Opening 0.80 m x 0.50 m.

Progression

The entrance porch is followed by a forced-conduit-type squeeze giving onto a small shaft.

Other details

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 156.

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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/38155 · 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 générale) · 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/38155 · data as of 2026