Forat de la Donzella
Interessant surgència, pràcticament impenetrable, a Bot (Terra Alta)
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Forat de la Donzella
Interessant surgència, pràcticament impenetrable, a Bot (Terra Alta)
Bot · Terra Alta
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An interesting spring, practically impenetrable, in Bot (Terra Alta), with an abundant water outlet through a narrow mouth.
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Description
Morphology
Through a narrow mouth comes an abundant water outlet. A few metres along the narrow passage until reaching some pools full of water.
Hydrology
An abundant water outlet. Later a modest weir was built that bars the way and ensures the flow during the summer low-water period. They say that when the east wind blows a great flow gushes forth.
Progression
In 1992, Joan Pallarès comments that some years earlier they had penetrated a few metres along the narrow passage until reaching some pools full of water.
History
Known since time immemorial. There is a legend, not free of erotic connotations, that speaks of a maiden who came out of the spring and invited shepherds, lovers of nature, to enter with her into her lair and where they could contemplate true natural wonders.
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Bibliography
- Pallarès-Personat, Joan (1992).- “L'ermita de Sant Josep i el Forat de la Donzella (Bot, Terra Alta)”. Excursionisme (201): 185-187. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
- Fotografia extreta del web: terresdelebre.travel/cat
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