Barran de la Mousque d'Ase
a cave in the Aude with flooded galleries, including a 260-metre sump reaching -17 metres, the longest in the department.
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Barran de la Mousque d'Ase
a cave in the Aude with flooded galleries, including a 260-metre sump reaching -17 metres, the longest in the department.
Paziols
Length: 945 m · Depth: 74 m
Updated record
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a cave in the Aude with flooded galleries, including a 260-metre sump reaching -17 metres, the longest in the department.
Description
Morphology
Rust-coloured limestones of the Berriasian.
Hydrology
The entrance sump, a major one, measures 260 metres for -17 metres; it is the longest in the department. a second sump of 70 metres, of the same depth, is passed a little further on; then galleries and a sump S 3 lead to a fourth sump dived to -40 metres. With 556 metres of flooded galleries, this cave is an exception in the Aude.
Progression
The entrance sump was dived for 20 metres (-10) by Vernette and Charpentier in 1971. This sump was passed in 1987 by D. Moulin, Y. Springer and J. Salcedo.
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/5728 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Géologie), Cds 11 (Description générale) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/5728 · data as of 2026