Cova Ebre

Gran i coneguda balma al massís del Port (Baix Ebre)

Roquetes • Baix Ebre20m0

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Cova Ebre

Gran i coneguda balma al massís del Port (Baix Ebre)

Roquetes · Baix Ebre

Length: 20 m

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Large and well-known rock shelter in the Port massif (Baix Ebre), between the barranc de Cova Pintada and the barranc de l'Orió.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Roquetes
Region: Baix Ebre
Unit: Port, el
Length: 20 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Dolomite
Last review: 2015-06-15

Location

It is located between the barranc de Cova Pintada and the barranc de l'Orió, in the Port massif (Baix Ebre).

Entrances

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Ebre, Cova
Elevation: 1030 m
40.784706, 0.335604
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 275180 4518274
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Description

Morphology

It is one of the many large rock shelters known in the Port massif. The specific dimensions are unknown due to the lack of a survey of the cavity (see photo).

Progression

All the itineraries to reach it are quite arduous and long, but perhaps the most advisable is to set out from the Lloret car park, leave the barranc de Cova Pintada aside and continue onwards to the confluence of the barranc del Pregunter, where a path climbs up, passes by the Escarriso de Borosa and reaches the Coll de Morralets. From here one must follow the path in a NW direction until reaching the collet de Cova Ebre. A small path on the right leads in a few metres to the large rock shelter.

Other details

The strictly speleological interest is limited.

History

Known since time immemorial. The first reference is by Puig y Larraz in a work: Estadística minera de España (1873), noting that cuprolitic earths were extracted from the cave in great quantity (that is: guano). The same Puig includes it in his Cavernas y simas de España (1896) and later, Font i Sagué and Faura i Sans refer to the data given by Puig.