Aven de la Petite Salamandre
Aven with four aligned openings whose descent leads, via a P20 then a P9, to a terminal mud lake at 55 m.
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Aven de la Petite Salamandre
Aven with four aligned openings whose descent leads, via a P20 then a P9, to a terminal mud lake at 55 m.
Montclus
Length: 95 m · Depth: 55 m
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Aven with four aligned openings whose descent leads, via a P20 then a P9, to a terminal mud lake at 55 m.
Description
Morphology
Four openings aligned along a NE-SW axis, with fine "tapped" forms, make up the entrance of the Aven.
After a short downclimb, one quickly reaches the top of a vast diaclase, the start of the P20. The bottom of the shaft is occupied by a steeply sloping scree.
Hydrology
At the bottom of the P9, liquid mud accompanies one to the bottom. A constriction, followed by a small descending passage, leads to a mud lake marking the terminus of the Aven (55 m). It would seem that the lake is in communication with the Cèze, the altitude of the Cèze being equal to that of the bottom of the Aven.
Progression
After a short downclimb, one quickly reaches the top of a vast diaclase (start of the P20). At the bottom of the scree, three ways on are visible: the first, narrow, represents the end of the diaclase; the other two join at the top of the PT. At the bottom, a narrow passage gives onto the P9. At the bottom of this, liquid mud accompanies one to the bottom; a constriction, followed by a small descending passage, leads to a mud lake marking the terminus of the Aven (55 m).
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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/37378 · 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 SCSP Alès · 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/37378 · data as of 2026