
Balma del Salt del Pou
Small rock shelter beneath the Salt del Pou, in the torrent d'en Bià, near the masia de Fontcoberta and Ciuret (Vidrà).
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Balma del Salt del Pou
Small rock shelter beneath the Salt del Pou, in the torrent d'en Bià, near the masia de Fontcoberta and Ciuret (Vidrà).
Vidrà · Osona
Length: 4 m
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Small rock shelter beneath the Salt del Pou, in the torrent d'en Bià, near the masia de Fontcoberta and Ciuret (Vidrà).
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Photos
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Description
Morphology
The salt del Pou is a small waterfall of the torrent d'en Bià. The waterfall originated when the torrent passed over a layer of hard rock, so that in its retreat by erosion it has generated a kind of cirque with vertical walls on either side. As a result of the retreat, we find a great chaos of good-sized blocks between the walls.
In addition, it has excavated a rock shelter along the entire length of the wall situated on the right-hand side. The rock shelter is 21 m wide by 4 m deep.
In the cirque we also find some joints that form cracks that can be followed for a few metres.
Hydrology
The salt del Pou is a small waterfall of the torrent d'en Bià, generally dry except during periods of rain in which it can come down very swollen.
Progression
The whole spot is difficult to traverse, both because of the chaos of blocks and because of the trunks and branches dragged along by the floods.
History
Unpublished speleologically. Visited in July 2019 by members of the ECM Barcelonès and GE Badalona, while carrying out the cataloguing work.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 10-12-2019. Dades: Ferran Cardona (ECM Barcelonès); Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GE Badalona)
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