Gouffre des Encanaux
A gaping 2 m by 3.5 m entrance opening onto a 67-meter pit, with two galleries at the base.
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Gouffre des Encanaux
A gaping 2 m by 3.5 m entrance opening onto a 67-meter pit, with two galleries at the base.
Auriol
Length: 1800 m · Depth: 130 m
Updated record
https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/gouffre-des-encanaux-auriol
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A gaping 2 m by 3.5 m entrance opening onto a 67-meter pit, with two galleries at the base.
Description
Morphology
A gaping 2 m x 3.5 m entrance, opening onto a 67-meter pit. At the bottom are two galleries.
Hydrology
The lower gallery contains a body of water and is followed to a series of sumps. The upper gallery leads to a system of sumps that discharge into one another.
Progression
The lower gallery, graced with chambers, pits and a body of water, is followed for more than 400 meters to a series of sumps. The upper gallery leads to the réseau des Aixois and then to a system of sumps that discharge into one another.
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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/143 · 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 Frédéric Hay (Description générale) · 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/143 · data as of 2026