Cova d'en Gerret
A cave about 100 m long at the Port (Alfara de Carles), with a large chamber 23 m wide and an inner hall 35 m long with a small pool and important lithogenesis.
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Cova d'en Gerret
A cave about 100 m long at the Port (Alfara de Carles), with a large chamber 23 m wide and an inner hall 35 m long with a small pool and important lithogenesis.
Alfara de Carles · Baix Ebre
Length: 100 m · Depth: 17 m
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A cave about 100 m long at the Port (Alfara de Carles), with a large chamber 23 m wide and an inner hall 35 m long with a small pool and important lithogenesis.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
A mouth 12 metres wide and a height that ranges between 5 and 2 metres, one immediately enters a large chamber 23 metres in maximum width, by 6 in height and 10 in length. On the wall opposite the mouth three short galleries arrive and a fourth, located on the left side of the hall, which allows one to enter, after overcoming a ramp covered by blocks, a new hall that is about 35 metres long, a maximum width of 15 metres and a height of about 9 metres. On the left lateral part of this hall there is a shaft that reaches from the upper zone of the hall down to its lowest level, and which can be reached through different crawls or directly from the upper part of the block ramp.
Speleothems
In the centre of this hall and at its lowest point, there is a small pool of water fed by the multiple seepages coming from the ceiling and the walls, which in turn have given rise to an important lithogenesis tinted with different colourations by the large quantity of mineral contents that the waters contain.
History
Known since time immemorial, although the oldest speleological mention we know of is that of Faura i Sans in his Recull (1909), where it appears as Cova d'en Xarret.
On the same day that he explores the Cova Terrera, H. Breuil also visits the Cova d'en Gerret (May 1915).
Bayerri also mentions it in his work (1934) where he cites it as Cova Ferret, saying: "en forma de agujero muy largo que se pierde en las entrañas de la Tierra".
We know that it was known by different excursionists from Tortosa (Anguera i Cohí) who, at Easter 1965, accompany members of the SIRE – UEC Barcelona who explore it and produce the survey.
At some point we have also seen it called Cova Yerret.
40 years must pass before members of the Espeleo Club Tortosa rediscover the cavity and think that it is one they have been told about and that is known as Cova de l'Orgui (it is the same moment that they also rediscover the Cova Terrera and, without knowing it, name it Cova de l'Instint). Finally, in 2010 all the onomastic confusion is resolved and the names of these cavities are well defined (Carlos Martínez, 2011).
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Bibliography
- Bayerri, E. (1934).- Historia de Tortosa y su comarca. Tomo II. 704 pp. Tortosa
- Jeannel, R. et Racovitza, R. (1918).- “Enumeration des grottes visitées, 1913-1917 (6ª série)” Biospeologica (39):
- Martínez, C. (2011).- “Coves de la Mola de Catí: Terrera – Orgui – Gerret” (post penjat al blog de l'Espeleo Club Tortosa)
- SIRE – UEC (1965).- “Los puertos de Tortosa – Beseit”. Senderos (81): 147- 149. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
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