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Cova Nº4 del Mal Grau

Small cave with a passage of 5 m in Guanta (Sentmenat), with two entrances of reduced dimensions.

Sentmenat • Vallès Occidental 5m 2m

Small cave with a passage of 5 m in Guanta (Sentmenat), with two entrances of reduced dimensions.

Characteristics

Location

It opens a few metres above caves no. 2 and no. 3 of the Mal Grau. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova Nº4 del Mal Grau

    Elevation: 360 m

    41.639400, 2.114960
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 426385 4610324
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Description

Morphology

This cavity has two entrances of reduced dimensions: the upper one measures 0.4 x 1 metre and the lower one has a width of 0.4 metres and a height of 1 metre.

The lower entrance allows passage into a small chamber 1.5 metres wide by 2.5 deep.

The upper entrance, which has a semicircular cut, is the end of a conduit formed by pressure flow, of the same section, impenetrable, and whose other end is in the aforementioned small chamber.

Speleothems

The small chamber is very dry at present and there are some concretions.

History

We only have the references given by members of the ERE-CEC who visited it in June 1976.

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Bibliography

Ramírez, J. (1977).- “Ressenya espeleològica del Mal Grau” Espeleòleg (25): 345-351. ERE del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/