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Émergence des Brailles

Temporary vauclusian spring whose entrance sump, now bypassed by an artificial passage, protects more than a kilometre of cave system.

Auriol 1135m 36m

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Émergence des Brailles

Temporary vauclusian spring whose entrance sump, now bypassed by an artificial passage, protects more than a kilometre of cave system.

Auriol

Length: 1135 m · Depth: 36 m

Updated record

https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/emergence-des-brailles-auriol

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Temporary vauclusian spring whose entrance sump, now bypassed by an artificial passage, protects more than a kilometre of cave system.

Characteristics

  • Type: Spring
  • Municipality: Auriol
  • Length: 1135 meters
  • Depth: 36 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

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Entrances

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  1. Émergence des Brailles

    43.343023, 5.657260
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Description

Morphology

Temporary vauclusian spring. The system ends in a narrow suspended sump and fossil upstream passages.

Hydrology

Temporary vauclusian spring.

Progression

The entrance sump protects more than a kilometre of cave system; it is now bypassed by an artificial passage (gallery and shaft).

Other details

Source: Fichier du CDS 13 « Cavités des Bouches-du-Rhône » > letter B > sheet « Emergence des Brailles »: http://www.cdsc13.fr/cavites/B.htm

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/5894 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/5894 · data as of 2026