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Aven de Sorbière

A cavity in the Var formed by a sloping crawlway interspersed with small chambers, developed toward the South and marked at the entrance in September 1996.

Signes 37m 16m

A cavity in the Var formed by a sloping crawlway interspersed with small chambers, developed toward the South and marked at the entrance in September 1996.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Signes
  • Length: 37 meters
  • Depth: 16 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven de Sorbière

    43.226538, 5.921687
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Description

Morphology

The cavity consists of a sloping crawlway interspersed with small chambers. It develops in a southerly direction.

Hydrology

Numerous digging sessions have allowed progression to continue in the direction of the water flow. Work nevertheless remains to be done to discover a certain continuation.

Other details

Marked at the entrance in September 1996[ref]Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > "Sorbière" (number 2127217): https://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=1841[/ref].

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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/27862 · 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/27862 · data as of 2026