Coves de la Llena

Gran balma a la Serra de Tivissa

Tivissa • Ribera d'Ebre8m0

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Coves de la Llena

Gran balma a la Serra de Tivissa

Tivissa · Ribera d'Ebre

Length: 8 m

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Large rock shelter in the Serra de Tivissa, known as coves de la Llena, 25 metres wide, 7.86 metres deep and 8 metres high.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Tivissa
Region: Ribera d'Ebre
Unit: Muntanyes de Vandellós - Tivissa
Length: 8 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2016-04-11

Location

Located on carrer del Vial, in Tivissa, just in front of the football pitch, at the place known as la Fotx, a marked path begins that heads towards the Collet dels Tormos de la Margarida. A little more than halfway up, we will find on the left of the path the rock shelters known as coves de la Llena.

Entrances

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Coves de la Llena
Elevation: 530 m
41.034059, 0.735046
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 309605 4545009
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Topographic

Coves de la Llena - Topography, Tivissa, Ribera d'Ebre

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Coves de la Llena - Photo, Tivissa, Ribera d'Ebre

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter 25 metres wide by 7.86 metres deep and 8 metres high. The floor of the rock shelter lies on an inclined plane of 14º. Going up from Tivissa, at the bend in the path before the rock shelter, we find another rock shelter, this one circular in shape, about 5 metres in diameter but only about 3 metres deep; the two together are known as coves de la Llena.

Speleothems

Inside we find some drips falling from the ceiling.

Progression

Inside we also find a climbing route.

History

Known since time immemorial. It is cited in volume no. 7 of the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (1984), but both the location and the description given actually correspond to the coves de la Vilella.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):267. Edit. Políglota. Barcelona.