Caves of El Perelló
El Perelló (Baix Ebre) has 25 cavities: 17 pits and 8 caves, with 1099 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 83 m. All are in limestone. Cova de la Rabosa stands out, at 265 m.
El Perelló has 25 catalogued caves, including 17 potholes and 8 caves. The longest is Cova de la Rabosa (265 m) and the deepest is Avenc de les Calobres (83 m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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The municipality of El Perelló, in the Baix Ebre, contains 25 inventoried cavities: 17 pits and 8 caves. Together they total 1099 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 83 m. All the cavities develop in limestone.
The longest cavity is the Cova de la Rabosa, with 265 m of passage, two entrances, a large sloping chamber and massive stalagmitic formations; it was discovered in 1954 and surveyed by the SIE in 1980. As for depth, the Avenc de les Calobres reaches 83 m, near Km. 4 of the TV-3022 road towards Rasquera, in a doline. Other notable cavities are the Avenc de l'Arrel, 46 m deep, and the Avencs de l'Esmenador I del Tossal del Jonc, at 31 m.
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