Caves and potholes in the El Cabrerès geological unit
Part of the Serralada Transversal major unit, dominated by sandstone (79 %). Its caves are spread across Osona, Selva.
El Cabrerès is a unit of the Serralada Transversal with 71 cavities: 18 pits and 53 caves, 8191 m of total passage and 215 m of maximum depth. A plateau of sandstones and cliffs between Osona and la Selva.
There are 71 catalogued cavities in the El Cabrerès geological unit, including 18 potholes and 53 caves. The longest is Cova del Serrat del Vent (4,273m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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El Cabrerès, el, is a unit of the Serralada Transversal with 71 recorded cavities: 18 pits and 53 caves. The total passage is 8191 m and the maximum depth is 215 m. The lithologies present are sandstones, with 56 cavities, and limestones, with 15.
A plateau of sandstones and cliffs straddling Osona and la Selva, where erosion has opened rock shelters and cavities in the rock layers. The longest cavity is the Cova del Serrat del Vent, with 4273 m of passage in Tavertet, three well-defined morphological sections and a total elevation difference of 215.5 m (-183.6/+31.9). The Sistema de la Bora Fosca, of 1257 m and -60 m of elevation difference, is located in the municipality of Tavertet.
Other notable cavities are the Cova del Goleró, of 330 m of passage in Susqueda (la Selva), also known as Cova d'en Salvi, Carnús and Cova de l'Om; les Tunes, normally submerged in the Sau reservoir (Tavertet), with two entrances and two-storey galleries; and the Bora Gran d'en Masallera, a fissure of 166 m of passage in El Cabrerès, Santa Maria de Corcó, formed by a single fissure parallel to the cliff.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova del Serrat del VentTavertet, Barcelona4,273 m
- 2Sistema de la Bora FoscaTavertet, Barcelona1,257 m
- 3Cova del GoleróSusqueda, Girona330 m
- 4les TunesTavertet, Barcelona324 m
- 5Bora Gran d'en MasalleraL'Esquirol, Barcelona166 m
- 6Bora Llarga d'en MasalleraL'Esquirol, Barcelona155 m
- 7Cova del FarSusqueda, Girona107 m
- 8Bora dels TeixidorsTavertet, Barcelona97 m
- 9Cova de Can FelóTavertet, Barcelona85 m
- 10Balmes de BalàTavertet, Barcelona82 m
- 11Forat del FarSusqueda, Girona80 m
- 12Cova CodolosaSusqueda, Girona78 m
- 13Cort Fosca de VillaretTavertet, Barcelona72 m
- 14Bora del CamíL'Esquirol, Barcelona66 m
- 15Bora Gran del Puig de BatallaRupit i Pruit, Barcelona66 m
- 16Bora de la FredorL'Esquirol, Barcelona65 m
- 17Bora del MulerL'Esquirol, Barcelona58 m
- 18Cova de les VallsTavertet, Barcelona45 m
- 19Cova del CastellTavertet, Barcelona42 m
- 20Cova Nº3 del StopSusqueda, Girona38 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova del Serrat del VentTavertet, Barcelona215 m
- 2Sistema de la Bora FoscaTavertet, Barcelona60 m
- 3Bora Gran d'en MasalleraL'Esquirol, Barcelona38 m
- 4Forat del FarSusqueda, Girona26 m
- 5Cova del GoleróSusqueda, Girona20 m
- 6Bora del CamíL'Esquirol, Barcelona19 m
- 7Bora Gran del Puig de BatallaRupit i Pruit, Barcelona19 m
- 8Balmes de BalàTavertet, Barcelona18 m
- 9Bora de la FredorL'Esquirol, Barcelona16 m
- 10Cort Fosca de VillaretTavertet, Barcelona16 m
- 11Forat de Santa AnnaSusqueda, Girona14 m
- 12Balma de les CortsTavertet, Barcelona12 m
- 13Bora Llarga d'en MasalleraL'Esquirol, Barcelona12 m
- 14Forat dels LlopsSusqueda, Girona12 m
- 15Bora del MulerL'Esquirol, Barcelona9 m
- 16Forat del ParpalSusqueda, Girona9 m
- 17Forat de la FuraSusqueda, Girona8 m
- 18Forat de la GinaSusqueda, Girona8 m
- 19Forat de la LindaSusqueda, Girona8 m
- 20les TunesTavertet, Barcelona8 m
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