Avenc de les Codinetes
Avenc de 33 metres de fondària metres al barranc de les Forques (Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant)
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Avenc de les Codinetes
Avenc de 33 metres de fondària metres al barranc de les Forques (Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant)
Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant · Baix Camp
Length: 100 m · Depth: 33 m
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A 33-metre-deep pit in the barranc de les Forques, in Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant. Explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1965.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
An elongated mouth of 3.5X1 metre gives way to a first shaft of -8 metres, ending in a ledge situated between two new shafts.
Hydrology
A reservoir that remains dry most of the year.
Progression
On the E side, one of -7 metres opens, followed by a slope of stones, a new shaft of -9 metres and a new slope ends above the entrance of a new impassable vertical.
On the W side, there is a short slope followed by a small shaft of -4 metres, at its bottom there is a gallery that presents different steps until emerging above a final shaft of 11 metres, situated above a long lower gallery.
History
Explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1965.
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F.(1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre)” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):123-124. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Cusó, V.; Castell, J.; Escolà, O.(1966).-”El avenc de les Codinetes”. Montaña (105):165-168. CE Catalunya. Barcelona.
- Montserrat, A.(1983).-”Sobre algunes cavitats del baix Camp i Priorat (III)”. Espeleòleg (34-35):280-293. ERE – CE Catalunya. Barcelona
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