la Barbotera

Font intermitent de 6 m. penetrables a Rellinars (Serra de l'Obac)

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la Barbotera

Font intermitent de 6 m. penetrables a Rellinars (Serra de l'Obac)

Rellinars · Vallès Occidental

Length: 6 m

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Intermittent spring, 6 m deep and enterable, in Rellinars, in the Serra de l'Obac.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Rellinars
Region: Vallès Occidental
Unit: Obac, Serra de l'
Length: 6 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Last review: 2015-04-10

Location

From kilometre 13.750 of the B-122 road from Terrassa to Rellinars, a wide track leaves to the right towards the house of la Boada. Once the riera de Rellinars has been crossed for the first time, at the point where the font de Carlets lies to the left, one reaches a flat area to the right of the track (la Feixa del Gram). We leave to the right the track leading to la Saiola and la Calsina, and some 300 metres further on there is another fork to the right leading to the bed of the torrent de la Barbotera; from this point, some 10 metres to the right, lies the spring.

Entrances

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Barbotera, la
Elevation: 424 m
41.636967, 1.935183
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 411314 4610018
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Topographic

la Barbotera - Topography, Rellinars, Vallès Occidental

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Description

Morphology

Entry is through a joint less than one metre wide where the height decreases, being about 2 metres at the start. After 3 metres, the small gallery turns to the left; here it becomes wider but with a very low ceiling, and further penetration becomes impossible after about 3 more metres.

History

Spring known since time immemorial. It was very possibly visited in October 1919, when members of the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa made the first exploration of the Avenc de la Barbotera.

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Bibliography

Anglès, Marc; Monterde, Eva (2004).- “Dinàmica càrstica a la vessant sud-oest del massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i serra de l'Obac”. Actes del 1er. Congrés Català d'Espeleologia: 135-144. Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.

Anglès, Marc; Monterde, Eva (2007).- “Les surgències del vessant sud-oest del massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i serra de l'Obac”. Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (113): 199-212. Terrassa.

Cardona, F.; Miret, F.; Salvador, F. (1979).- “Las surgencias del 'Torrent de la Saiola' (Serra de l'Obac)”. Cavernas (21): 3-43. Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona.

Freixes, A.; Monterde, M.; Cervelló, J Mª (1983).- “El paleocarst i el carst actual de les serres de Sant Llorenç del Munt de l'Obac. El carst experimental de Rellinars”. 57 pp. Espeleo Club de la Unió Excursionista de Sabadell.

Vives, Salvador (1978).- “Les fonts intermitents de la Serra de l'Obac”. SIS (6): 12-26/Arxiu del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (16): 580-594. Terrassa