Bauma de l'Orella

Balma with a 13-metre passage in the Terradets gorge, in Camarasa, with an entrance 14 metres wide and 3.40 metres high.

Camarasa • Noguera 13m 5m

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Bauma de l'Orella

Balma with a 13-metre passage in the Terradets gorge, in Camarasa, with an entrance 14 metres wide and 3.40 metres high.

Camarasa · Noguera

Length: 13 m · Depth: 5 m

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Balma with a 13-metre passage in the Terradets gorge, in Camarasa, with an entrance 14 metres wide and 3.40 metres high.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Camarasa
Region: Noguera
Unit: Montsec de Rúbies
Length: 13 meters
Depth: 5 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: April 13, 2015

Location

Coming from Camarasa, on the right-hand side of the C-13 road, 64 metres beyond kilometre 70. Easy to locate. Beside it is the barranc de les vinyes de Rúbies, and below the road a water channel passes.

Entrances

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Orella, Bauma de L'
Elevation: 352 m
42.031904, 0.883320
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 324785 4655486
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Topographic

Bauma de l'Orella - Topography, Camarasa, Noguera

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Description

Morphology

An entrance 14 metres wide and 3.40 metres high leads us into a pseudo-triangular chamber with a maximum length of 8.8 m. The balma is structured in an inclined stratum; it could be a fossil spring. The drop is 5 metres (+2/-3).

Speleothems

On the right-hand side and after passing an R+0.8 there is a small crawlway with formations through which we can progress 1.8 metres further.

Progression

On the left a crawlway 1.8 metres wide by 0.3 metres high was cleared, unfortunately only 1.9 metres further could be advanced, closing off immediately after. On the right-hand side and after passing an R+0.8 there is a small crawlway with formations through which we can progress 1.8 metres further.