Bufador Nº3 de Beví

A pit with 5 entrances and 18 metres of depth in Santa Maria de Besora, located between the main fissure and the N lateral branch.

Santa Maria de Besora • Osona 120m 18m

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Bufador Nº3 de Beví

A pit with 5 entrances and 18 metres of depth in Santa Maria de Besora, located between the main fissure and the N lateral branch.

Santa Maria de Besora · Osona

Length: 120 m · Depth: 18 m

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A pit with 5 entrances and 18 metres of depth in Santa Maria de Besora, located between the main fissure and the N lateral branch.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Santa Maria de Besora
Region: Osona
Unit: Serra de Milany - Vidranès
Length: 120 meters
Depth: 18 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Marl
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

From the C17 road towards Puigcerdà we will enter the village of Sant Quirze de Besora at the traffic-light junction. We must cross over the bridge over the river Ter and at the end of the bridge, turn left onto the BV-5227 road. We will cross the railway line and continue for about 7 kms., until we reach Santa Maria de Besora. Almost at the end of the straight stretch that crosses the village, we will find on the left the sign indicating "to Ripoll via Llaés". We must take this narrow cemented track, which is in good enough condition to be driven with a car. You must be alert since the bends are very tight and we constantly find steep ups and downs. After travelling 3.5 kms. we will reach the coll de Beví; before reaching the coll we will find a track on the left, we must follow it, leaving on the left the turn-offs of the Beví Gros and further on that of the Beví Xic; further on the track turns towards the N, on this stretch we will find signs that will lead us towards the entrance of the great fissure where the blowholes are found.

This cavity is located between the main fissure and the N lateral branch.

Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Beví, Bufador Nº3 de
Elevation: 916 m
42.138278, 2.235646
UTM 31T (ED 50) 436928 4665616
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Topographic

Bufador Nº3 de Beví - Topography, Santa Maria de Besora, Osona

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Description

Morphology

The cavity can be accessed through five entrances. The largest of all opens at the NE end of the cavity; this gives access to a large descending gallery. Just after entering and on the left, in a small side chamber, we find a shaft that connects with a lower gallery, through which we reach a chamber from which three galleries emerge, of 5, 8 and 9 metres respectively.

At the end of the large descending gallery through which we entered, we find three new continuations. One of them, after climbing five metres, connects with the outside through entrance no. 2. The second continuation, just below the previous one, connects with a chamber where the three remaining entrances open (3, 4 and 5). In this chamber and below entrances 3 and 4, a small laminator opens that connects with el Bufador no. 8 de Beví.

History

The first records of visits to one of the cavities located inside this great fissure correspond to Dr. Francesc Español, carried out in 1934 for biospeleological purposes.

In 1965 the Grup Espeleològic Terra i Mar (GETIM) of Sabadell explored the avenc dels Tigres; the avenc del TIM, the avenc Besora and the avenc del Vent.

Later the ERE of the CEC between the years 1977 and 1980 carried out a meticulous inventory of the cavities located in this fissure, which would be published in the magazine Espeleòleg no. 34-35.

During 1979 the Centre Espeleològic Cervelló carried out the exploration of various cavities of this fissure, with the aim that they be published in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Borràs-Miñarro-Talavera); this led to giving a new name to some cavities.

The EspeleoÍndex team has considered it more appropriate to use the naming of the cavities made by the members of the ERE-CEC, since it is a more complete joint work. This same line regarding naming has been used by Jordi de Valles in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4).

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Bibliography

Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”el ripollès la garrotxa i l'alt empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol4):1-296. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
Escolà Boada,Oleguer; Inglès Alcon, Antoni; Martinez Rius, Albert.(1983).-”Bufadors de Babí”. Espèleòleg (34-35):223-243. ERE-CE Catalunya.
GE Terra i Mar.(1968).-”Grup d'espeleologia Terra i Mar -Sabadell-” Espeleòleg (7):239-241. ERE.CE Catalunya.
Valles, Jordi de.(2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (4):1-397. EC Gràcia – FCE.