Gouffre-exsurgence de Touthennamon
Temporary spring in Kimmeridgian limestone whose cleared entrance leads to a body of water flooding a shaft explored by diving.
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Gouffre-exsurgence de Touthennamon
Temporary spring in Kimmeridgian limestone whose cleared entrance leads to a body of water flooding a shaft explored by diving.
Auriol
Depth: 78 m
Updated record
https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/gouffre-exsurgence-de-touthennamon-auriol
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Temporary spring in Kimmeridgian limestone whose cleared entrance leads to a body of water flooding a shaft explored by diving.
Description
Morphology
Temporary spring. The cleared entrance leads, after a few narrow passages that have also been cleared, to a body of water of variable level, flooding a shaft with a cross-section of 4 to 6 m².
Total cumulative depth about -80, to be confirmed.
Hydrology
A body of water of variable level floods a shaft with a cross-section of 4 to 6 m².
Progression
After the cleared entrance and a few narrow passages that have also been cleared, one reaches a body of water of variable level, flooding a shaft with a cross-section of 4 to 6 m², dived in May 1993 down to -58.
Exploration can be dangerous in rainy weather.
Other details
Kimmeridgian limestone.
Source: CAVITREIZE > "Exsurgence de Touthennamon": https://www.cdsc13.fr/cavites/T.htm (dead link in 2024)
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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/73918 · 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), BTH (Géologie) · 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/73918 · data as of 2026