Avenc de Besora
Avenc de 10 metres de fondària a Santa Maria de Besora.
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Avenc de Besora
Avenc de 10 metres de fondària a Santa Maria de Besora.
Santa Maria de Besora · Osona
Length: 27 m · Depth: 10 m
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A 10-metre-deep pit in Santa Maria de Besora, with two entrances, located between the TIM and dels Tigres pits.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Cavity structured on two almost perpendicular joints with an E-W and SSW-NNE orientation. Entering through the upper of the two entrances that the pit has, a small -3 metre pitch leaves us in a small chamber beneath which, between blocks, a new -4 metre vertical opens up. Immediately afterwards and through a very narrow fissure with a SSW-NNE direction and a length of 3 metres, we reach an ascending step that makes a sharp turn to the left, placing us in the gallery structured on the joint with an E-W direction. This gallery, half of whose ceiling is open to the outside (2nd entrance), runs more or less horizontally for 8 metres, after which a steep ramp descends to the -10 metre level, where, due to the narrowness of the joint, the cavity ends.
History
The first records of visits to one of the cavities located inside this great fissure correspond to Dr. Francesc Español, carried out in 1934 for biospeleological purposes.
In 1965 the Grup Espeleològic Terra i Mar (GETIM) of Sabadell explored the avenc dels Tigres; the avenc del TIM, the avenc Besora and the avenc del Vent.
Later the ERE of the CEC between 1977 and 1980 carried out a meticulous inventory of the cavities located in this fissure, which would be published in the magazine Espeleòleg no. 34-35.
During 1979 the Centre Espeleològic Cervelló carried out the exploration of various cavities in this fissure, with the aim that they be published in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Borràs-Miñarro-Talavera); this led to a new designation being given to some cavities.
The espeleoÍndex team has considered it more appropriate to use the designation of the cavities made by the members of the ERE-CEC, since it is a more complete joint work. This same line regarding the designation has been used by Jordi de Valles in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4).
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Bibliography
- Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”el ripollès la garrotxa i l'alt empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol4):1-296. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Escolà Boada,Oleguer; Inglès Alcon, Antoni; Martinez Rius, Albert.(1983).-”Bufadors de Babí”. Espèleòleg (34-35):223-243. ERE-CE Catalunya.
- GE Terra i Mar.(1968).-”Grup d'espeleologia Terra i Mar -Sabadell-” Espeleòleg (7):239-241. ERE.CE Catalunya.
- Valles, Jordi de.(2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4):1-397. EC Gràcia – FCE.
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