Balma de la Font de les Tàpies

Balma de 14 metres de fons a Calders.

Calders • Moianès14m0

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Balma de la Font de les Tàpies

Balma de 14 metres de fons a Calders.

Calders · Moianès

Length: 14 m

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A 14-metre-deep rock shelter in Calders, at the Les Tàpies torrent, with a karstic spring and a waterfall of about 30 m.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Calders
Region: Moianès
Unit: Moianès, el
Length: 14 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Depressió Central
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2017-06-18

Location

To get there from Navarcles, take the N-141C road, which heads towards the Colònia Jorba, until approximately km 11. Continue along its turn-off, to the right, in the direction of the Les Tàpies farmhouse; before reaching it take a deviation to the right, and when you find the next turn-off on the left, leave the car and continue on foot along a descending path to the torrent and the spring. The place has become a popular recreation area.

Entrances

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Balma de la Font de les Tàpies
Elevation: 334 m
41.778441, 1.935345
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 411522 4625725
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Topographic

Balma de la Font de les Tàpies - Topography, Calders, Moianès

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Balma de la Font de les Tàpies - Photo, Calders, Moianès

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Description

Morphology

The rock shelter is located in a valley of great beauty, in the Les Tàpies torrent. Its maximum dimensions are 14.50 m deep by 2 m high and 13 m wide. It is formed by a deposit of limestone tufa of great beauty.

Hydrology

The spring and the rock shelter are located in a valley where there is a highly spectacular waterfall about 30 m high. The rock shelter remains partially flooded by the works to condition and make use of the spring's waters. The spring water gushes from a karstic spring, through an impenetrable bedding plane. It is captured just at its outlet to the exterior and conducted by a channel to a pool that is just below the rock shelter. The spring water comes from some sinkholes of the Les Tàpies torrent and emerges to the exterior at the contact of the limestone and the blue marls that lie just beneath. The water has been channelled towards the pool below the rock shelter.

History

Known since time immemorial.

Bio

Vegetation typical of damp and shady places predominates; mosses, liverworts and ferns abound.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades han estat extretes del web del Grup Espeleològic de Badalona (www.geb.cat) post del dia 24-08-2016. Text i fotografies de Josep Cuenca i Francesc Samarra.