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Aven de Saint-Andrieu

Cavity descended from the second doline, with a boulder choke, a northeast/southwest gallery, a meandering stream and an upper chamber.

Villardebelle 50m 16m

Cavity descended from the second doline, with a boulder choke, a northeast/southwest gallery, a meandering stream and an upper chamber.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Villardebelle
  • Length: 50 meters
  • Depth: 16 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven de Saint-Andrieu

    43.006350, 2.414439
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Description

Morphology

You descend into the second doline. At -6 m, you enter a boulder choke where you descend 10 metres to -16 m. You emerge into a gallery oriented northeast/southwest. Above, you reach an upper chamber after a crawlway; the top of the chamber lies at only -5 m below the surface.

Hydrology

Downstream, the stream continues in a meander; it sinks at -17.5 m.

Progression

Upstream, you are stopped by a boulder choke after 10 metres.

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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/35064 · 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 Stochus (Description sommaire de la cavité) · 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/35064 · data as of 2026