Avenc del Barranc de la Foradada

Small sinkhole at la Febró (Baix Camp), with an open mouth in a slab on the bed of the barranc de la Foradada; the total length is 13 metres.

Febró, La • Baix Camp 13m 5m

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Small sinkhole at la Febró (Baix Camp), with an open mouth in a slab on the bed of the barranc de la Foradada; the total length is 13 metres.

Febró, La · Baix Camp

Length: 13 m · Depth: 5 m

Updated record

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Small sinkhole at la Febró (Baix Camp), with an open mouth in a slab on the bed of the barranc de la Foradada; the total length is 13 metres.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Febró, La
Region: Baix Camp
Unit: Muntanyes de Prades
Length: 13 meters
Depth: 5 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: January 5, 2025

Location

Access is quite difficult, since the barranc de la Foradada must be ascended from la Febró, and there are stretches of the ravine where vegetation prevents passage.

A more feasible access is from the TV-7041 road at the Coll de Capafonts; from this point a track leaves that passes by the Creu Trencada, 515 metres before reaching the Creu Trencada at the coordinates (ETRS89-335328-4571265), on the right a path leaves that we will follow for about 600 metres until finding the path that comes from la Foradada; we will follow the path to the left in the opposite direction to the one we had been taking, after about 200 metres at a small col we will leave the path and continue to the right, making a steep descent to the bed of the barranc de la Foradada, in about 200 metres we will find the pit in the middle of a large limestone slab on the bed of the ravine.

Entrances

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Avenc del Barranc de la Foradada
Elevation: 888 m
41.274087, 1.026121
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 334679 4571063
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Topographic

Avenc del Barranc de la Foradada - Topography, Febró, La, Baix Camp

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Photos

Avenc del Barranc de la Foradada - Photo, Febró, La, Baix Camp

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Description

Morphology

A small mouth open in a slab in the middle of the barranc de la Foradada gives access to a shaft where at -3.3 metres there is a small ledge, the shaft descends another 0.9 metres ending in a small chamber. On the N side a narrow passage gives access to a step where we find the deepest point of the cavity, at -5.4 metres; from this point and on the W side we find a small chamber with no further continuation, the total length is 13 metres.

Hydrology

Given the quantity of sediments at the bottom, it is evident that the cavity acts as a sinkhole of the ravine when water flows through it.

History

We do not know since when it has been known; we have found it referenced in some Wikiloc routes; we have evidence that Juan Sole Figueras explored it in March 2021.