Cova de Rocacorba
Cova de 69 metres de recorregut a Rocacorba (Canet d'Adri)
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Cova de Rocacorba
Cova de 69 metres de recorregut a Rocacorba (Canet d'Adri)
Canet d'Adri · Gironès
Length: 69 m · Depth: 17 m
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A 69-metre-long cave in Rocacorba (Canet d'Adri), with a single ascending gallery and a vertical drop of +17 metres.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
It consists of a single ascending gallery running in a practically W-E direction, with its floor formed by blocks and sediments, from which two small perpendicular branches emerge towards the SE, one of them beginning at the foot of the main gallery, and the other practically at its top. The cavity has a vertical drop of +17 metres.
History
Font i Sagué, in the epilogue of his Catàlech (1897), says verbatim: Rocacorba. 311).- Una cova. Faura i Sans in his Recull (1909) almost reproduces Font's citation, saying: La Cova (Rocacorba).
We know nothing more until, according to the activity log of the GES – CMB, in September 1954 members of this group explore the cave, calling it Cova de la Verge (perhaps the real name of the cavity?), although they leave no data about this exploration.
It is not until 1 April 1972 that it is explored by members of the SIRE-UEC (Gràcia): X. Araiz, J. Cañelles, J. Sabater, and J. Torrella. In 1973, on 2 September, members of the SIRE return: J. Cañelles, J. Torrella and A. Lagar, carrying out the survey and biospeleological research. From then on it remains catalogued as Cova de Rocacorba.
Bio
Among the fauna collected by A. Lagar (1973), it is worth highlighting:
Coleoptera
· Speonomus delarouzeei
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Bibliography
- Borrás,J.; Miñarro,JM;Talavera,F.(1982).-”el baix empordà, el gironès, la selva, l'osona,el vallès oriental i el maresme”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol 6):1-292. ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Lagar, A;Cañelles, J;Torrella, J.(1973).-”Contribución al conocimiento espeleológico de la Garrotxa (Girona)”. Senderos (180):33-37. UEC.
- Coordenades i fotos 'JNC' facilitades per Jordi Navarro i Montse Mañosa (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès).
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