
Cova Simanya Petita
Cova de 70 m. de recorregut pertanyent al conjunt de la Cova Simanya (Sant Llorenç del Munt)
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Cova Simanya Petita
Cova de 70 m. de recorregut pertanyent al conjunt de la Cova Simanya (Sant Llorenç del Munt)
Sant Llorenç Savall · Vallès Occidental
Length: 70 m · Depth: 10 m
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A 70 m long cave in the Cova Simanya system, in Sant Llorenç del Munt, known since time immemorial and with documented visits from 1878.
Topographic
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Photos
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Description
Morphology
A 3 by 6 metre entrance followed by a wide gallery oriented N35O. After 14 metres, in the E wall a narrow passage opens through which one reaches a knot of conduits, all of short length, the most interesting of which extends in a NE direction. Once this wetter stretch is passed, the gallery suddenly changes orientation by 120º (at this angle of the gallery one is very close to the end of one of the side galleries of the Cova Simanya, although the possible clearing seems to present quite a few difficulties) and ends after a few metres. This final stretch presents a multipartition of the conduit that strongly recalls some forms of phreatic origin, with the logical differences given the excavated material. Its drop is about 10 metres positive from the lower level of the entrance mouth.
Speleothems
The most interesting conduit extends in a NE direction through an area with abundant concretion (gours, flows,...).
Hydrology
The most interesting conduit extends in a NE direction through an area with abundant concretion and at times half flooded.
History
Its proximity to the Cova Simanya makes it go more unnoticed, but it is also known since time immemorial and visits from 1878 are recorded.
Only its first 14 metres of the entrance gallery were known until, around 1966, members of the SES of the Centre Excursionista de Sabadell cleared a narrow passage that led them to explore the rest of the cavity.
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Bibliography
- GES-CMB (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico de la provincia de Barcelona. 198 pp. Club Montañés Barcelonés /Diputación Provincial de Barcelona.
- Romero, M. (1974).- “Les cavitats del Turó del Montcau (Sant Llorenç del Munt)” Espeleòleg (21): 37-62. ERE del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
· Fotografies i altres dades extretes del blog Espeleobloc (post del 2-5-2011)
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