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Exsurgence temporaire de la Rouvière

A cave with a low, long porch, whose floor, clogged with rockfall debris, was cleared in 1964, with a rugged gallery leading to 3 sumps.

Belgentier 530m 46m

A cave with a low, long porch, whose floor, clogged with rockfall debris, was cleared in 1964, with a rugged gallery leading to 3 sumps.

Characteristics

  • Type: Spring
  • Municipality: Belgentier
  • Length: 530 meters
  • Depth: 46 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Exsurgence temporaire de la Rouvière

    43.225880, 5.998099
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Description

Morphology

Low, long porch. Rugged gallery leading to 3 sumps.

Hydrology

The rugged gallery leads to 3 sumps. They were emptied in 1967 and 1968 and lead to a short dry network and another sump.

Other details

The floor of the entrance cave, clogged with rockfall debris, was cleared in 1964 by the ACT.

Source: Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > « La Rouvière » (number 2017002): http://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=1450 (dead link)

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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/27277 · 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/27277 · data as of 2026