Graller de Badià
A cavity with 54 m of vertical drop in the municipality of Àger, first explored on 31 August 1961 by the ERE of the CEC.
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Graller de Badià
A cavity with 54 m of vertical drop in the municipality of Àger, first explored on 31 August 1961 by the ERE of the CEC.
Àger · Noguera
Length: 84 m · Depth: 54 m
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A cavity with 54 m of vertical drop in the municipality of Àger, first explored on 31 August 1961 by the ERE of the CEC.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
A 2 x 3 metre entrance with an 8 metre shaft, followed by a gallery of respectable dimensions on a slope, the right-hand wall follows a fault plane. At the second shaft of 12 metres, it is followed by a steeply inclined ramp with a 2 metre rise. The cavity ends in a small circular chamber.
Speleothems
In the final circular chamber we find some lithogenic formations.
Progression
A 2 x 3 metre entrance with an 8 metre shaft, followed by a gallery of respectable dimensions on a slope, the right-hand wall follows a fault plane. At the second shaft of 12 metres, it is followed by a steeply inclined ramp with a 2 metre rise. The cavity ends in a small circular chamber.
History
First explored by the ERE of the CEC on 31 August 1961; it is said that the first exploration was done with a simple rope.
A few years later, during the exploration campaigns carried out by the SAS of the CG Barcelonès, they visited the cavity and made the first survey of it.
Bio
Stygiophyes zariquieyi Jeannel, 1924 (O. Escolà, 31-8-1961).
Previously: Speonomus (Speonomus) zariquieyi Jeannel, 1924. A very common species in a good part of the cavities of the area.
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Bibliography
- Escolà i Boada, Oleguer (1970).- “Catálogo Espeleológico del Montsec”. Espeleòleg (11-12):453-541. ERE del CEC. Barcelona.
- Fresneda, J.; Escolà, O. (2000).- “Distribución del género Stygiophyes Fresneda 1998 y descripción de Stygiophyes aldomai allomorphus ssp.n. (Coleoptera, Cholevidae, Leptodirinae)” Miscel·lània Zoològica (23.2): 55-68. Museu de Zoologia. Barcelona.
- Gàzquez i Pons, Josep Lluís (1995) ”Catàleg Espeleològic de la Noguera” Grallera (3-4):1-90. GE Lleidatà. Lleida.
- SAS (1969).- “Dos importantes cavidades en el Montsec d'Ares: Grallera d'Alçamora y Grallera del Boixaguer”. Cavernas (11): 23-34. GE Badalona.
- SEPEG (1979).- “Fitxa tècnica: Graller de Badià”. Butlletí de la Penya Excursionista Guimerà (abril-juny): 19-20. Barcelona.
- Valles, Jordi de (2009).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2: 384 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
- Fotos actuals (2020) extretes del web: espeleodijous.cat. Apunt del 8-10-2020.
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