Aven du Faissas
L’Aven des Faïssas opens through a 0.8 m by 1 m entrance and descends through small pits to -30 before Un ruisseau temporaire.
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Aven du Faissas
L’Aven des Faïssas opens through a 0.8 m by 1 m entrance and descends through small pits to -30 before Un ruisseau temporaire.
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Depth: 43 m
Updated record
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L’Aven des Faïssas opens through a 0.8 m by 1 m entrance and descends through small pits to -30 before Un ruisseau temporaire.
Description
Morphology
L’aven opens through an entrance of about 0.8 m x 1 m.
Hydrology
Un ruisseau temporaire then runs along a 25 m continuation.
Progression
It begins with a series of small pits down to -30.
Other details
References: GERSAM > Codex Gersam > Commune de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert: http://oropas.free.fr/arzigali/CommuneSaintGuilhemD%C3%A9sert.html ; Paousa Dou > 50.67 - Aven des Faïssas: http://paousadou.com/50-67-aven-des-faissas/
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Source: BRGM BDCavité (inventaire des cavités souterraines), via Géorisques (www.georisques.gouv.fr), modified. Licence Ouverte 2.0, https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/ Ministère de la Transition écologique, de la Biodiversité et des Négociations Internationales sur le Climat et la Nature – données Géorisques (BRGM), mise à jour du 2026-10-16 · data as of 2026 · 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. · depth, names · obtained 2026-10-19 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/1640 · 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/ · description · obtained 2026-10-17 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/1640 · data as of 2026