Caves and potholes in the Les Gavarres geological unit
Spans: Baix Empordà
Part of the Serralada Litoral major unit, dominated by granite (98 %). Its caves are spread across Baix Empordà.
Granite massif of the Baix Empordà, covered with cork oak forests, with 42 boulder caves. The cavities total 710 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 13 m.
There are 42 catalogued cavities in the Les Gavarres geological unit, including 0 potholes and 42 caves. The longest is Cova del Fortí (45m) and the deepest is Cova Alta d'en Vitaia (13m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Les Gavarres is a unit of the Serralada Litoral in the Baix Empordà. According to the catalogue, it contains 42 cavities, all of them caves, which total 710 m of passage and a maximum depth of 13 m. The dominant lithology is granite, with 41 cavities in granite and 1 in limestone.
It is a granite massif covered with cork oak forests, where the cavities are boulder caves and not dissolution karst. The longest cave is the Cova del Fortí, with 45 m, followed by the Cova Nº1 de Mas Pei, with 42 m, the Cova de les Rates Penades, with 41 m, and the Cova de Cala Castell and the Coves de la Punta del Molar, with 40 m each. The deepest cavity is the Cova Alta d'en Vitaia, with 13 m.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova del FortíSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona45 m
- 2Cova Nº1 de Mas PeiSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona42 m
- 3Cova de les Rates PenadesSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona41 m
- 4Cova de Cala CastellPalamós, Girona40 m
- 5Coves de la Punta del MolarSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona40 m
- 6Cova Nº2 de Mas PeiSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona34 m
- 7Cova de Cala MargaridaPalamós, Girona32 m
- 8Cova de l'ActíniaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona32 m
- 9Cova Nº3 de Cala MasetSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona31 m
- 10Cova Alta d'en VitaiaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona27 m
- 11Coves del Morro del VedellPalamós, Girona25 m
- 12Cova del CanyetSanta Cristina d'Aro, Girona21 m
- 13Cova del Cap GrosPalamós, Girona20 m
- 14Cova del DofíSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona20 m
- 15Cova de la Cala dels CorbsSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona18 m
- 16Cova TrencadaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona18 m
- 17Cova Nº2 de Cala MasetSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona17 m
- 18Cova del MussolSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona16 m
- 19Sa Foradada Des CastellPalamós, Girona15 m
- 20Cova de Cala VedellMont-ras, Girona14 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova Alta d'en VitaiaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona13 m
- 2Cova del MussolSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona8 m
- 3Cau de les GogesLa Bisbal d'Empordà, Girona3 m
- 4Cova de les Rates PenadesSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona3 m
- 5Cova TrencadaSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona3 m
- 6Cova Nº1 de Mas PeiSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona2 m
- 7Cova Nº2 de Cala MasetSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona2 m
- 8Cova del CanyetSanta Cristina d'Aro, Girona1 m
- 9Cova del DofíSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona1 m
- 10Cova del FortíSant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona1 m
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