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Cova de la Carruva

Small cave about 30 m long in the Serra de Cavalls, explored and surveyed by GERP in June 1987.

Gandesa • Terra Alta 30m 11m

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Cova de la Carruva

Small cave about 30 m long in the Serra de Cavalls, explored and surveyed by GERP in June 1987.

Gandesa · Terra Alta

Length: 30 m · Depth: 11 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.053135, 0.493022 UTM 31 · 289319 4547684
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave about 30 m long in the Serra de Cavalls, explored and surveyed by GERP in June 1987.

Characteristics

Location

Leaving Gandesa in the direction of El Pinell de Brai, after about 2.5 km a track begins on the left that runs through the valley of les Carruves. After following it for one kilometre, we find on the right the track that climbs to the ermita de Sant Marc and very soon, on the left, one must take the track that climbs towards la Carabassa and follows the crest of the SW end of the Serra de Cavalls. At one point this track makes a zigzag and changes slope towards the valley of les Carruves. The cave, quite visible, is found a little further on, about twenty metres below the crest. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova de la Carruva

    Elevation: 590 m

    41.053135, 0.493022
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 289319 4547684
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Description

Morphology

An oval mouth gives access to a small chamber that also communicates with the outside through an opening near the ceiling. The whole floor of this small chamber is a steep slope by which one reaches a small gallery situated on a higher level. Cavity structured on strongly folded bedding planes that reach subverticality.

History

The only data known are those given by the members of GERP (Sant Just Desvern) who explored and surveyed it in June 1987.

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Bibliography

  1. G.E. Rat-penats (1989).- “Contribució al catàleg espeleològic de la Terra Alta”. Exploracions (13): 39-50. EC de Gràcia. Barcelona.

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