Cova del Moro
A 31 m long cave in Aiguafreda, known as cova del Moro, with graviclastic morphology and cave fauna.
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Cova del Moro
A 31 m long cave in Aiguafreda, known as cova del Moro, with graviclastic morphology and cave fauna.
Aiguafreda · Vallès Oriental
Length: 31 m · Depth: 8 m
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A 31 m long cave in Aiguafreda, known as cova del Moro, with graviclastic morphology and cave fauna.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
At the bottom of a pit about 3 metres in diameter and about 2 metres in depth opens the mouth of the cavity in the form of a subvertical conduit, easily passable, and 4 metres in depth. From here, a gently sloping ramp places us at the point of maximum depth of the cavity and in the very middle of a gallery 18 metres long, wide and about 2 metres high. Suddenly the ceiling lowers, the gallery turns slightly to the left and one finds a laminator about 3 metres wide and little more than 3 metres long, where the cavity ends with a blockage of blocks. This final point almost coincides with another pit that we find outside shortly before reaching the mouth of the cave.
The dominant morphology is of the graviclastic type and most of the main gallery is covered by a thick clayey layer, on which a meander of a few centimetres in depth has been excavated.
Hydrology
On the clayey layer a meander of a few centimetres in depth has been excavated, the result of the temporary circulation of water in times of heavy rains.
History
Cavity known by the people of the area for a very long time, although the first speleological reference is provided by the members of the Grup Geogràfic de Gràcia who explored it on 26 January 1975, naming it cova de Cruïlles. It should be said that in Aiguafreda it has always been known as cova del Moro and so it appears on the ICC maps.
Bio
Arachnida / Araneae / Leptonetidae
- Leptoneta infuscata (Simon, 1872)
Arachnida / Araneae / Nesticidae
- Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757)
Arachnida / Araneae / Tetragnathidae
- Meta bourneti (Simon, 1922)
- Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
Arachnida / Opiliones / Sclerosomatidae
- Astrobunus grallator (Simon, 1879)
Arachnida / Scorpiones / Superstitionidae
- Belisarius xambeui (Simon, 1879)
Insecta / Coleoptera / Carabidae
- Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola (Herbst, 1783)
Insecta / Coleoptera / Crytophagidae
- Cryptophagus saginatus (Sturm, 1845)
Insecta / Coleoptera / Leiodidae
- Parvospeonomus cruillensi (Comas, 2021)
Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae
- Limonia nubeculosa (Meigen, 1804)
Insecta / Diptera / Mycetophilidae
- Exechiopsis sp.
- Tarnania sp.
Insecta / Trichoptera / Limnephilidae
- Micropterna sequax (McLachlan, 1875)
(Source of the data: Dept. Artròpodes del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona)
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Bibliography
Grup Geogràfic de Gràcia (1976).- “Nota sobre tres cavidades en Aiguafreda (Barcelona)” Cavernas (19-20): 33-49. GE Badalona.
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