Espluga Negra
Balma d'uns 30 metres d'obertura frontal i 14 metres de fons a Odèn.
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Espluga Negra
Balma d'uns 30 metres d'obertura frontal i 14 metres de fons a Odèn.
Odèn · Solsonès
Length: 14 m
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A rock shelter with a frontal opening of about 30 metres and 14 metres deep in Odèn, with an abundant lithogenic process and an inner cave formed by flowstone and columns.
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Description
Morphology
It is a large rock shelter with a frontal opening of 30x8 metres and about 14 metres deep.
Speleothems
It has had an abundant lithogenic process, coming to form an inner cave with flowstone and columns, giving the whole an air of great beauty. We can observe that the stalactites on the outer side are inclined outwards, due to the existing air current, which causes the water drops to shift in that direction as the stalactite forms.
History
This interesting rock shelter seems to have been known since ancient times by the people of the area. The first data about this cavity from the speleological point of view were published in 1998 by Salvador Codina of the CE Solsonès, although he explored them in August 1996.
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Bibliography
- Codina, S.(1998).-”Cova de l'Algassa o Espluga Negra”. Corriol (111):9-10. CE Solsonès-
- Valles, Jordi de (2009).-”Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell,Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.2):336-337. EC Gràcia – FCE.
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