Caves of Alfara de Carles
Alfara de Carles (Baix Ebre) has 43 catalogued cavities: 14 pits and 29 caves, with 4704 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 97 m. The Forat de Riu Algars stands out, at 2000 m.
Alfara de Carles has 43 catalogued caves, including 14 potholes and 29 caves. The longest is Forat de Riu Algars (2,000m) and the deepest is Avenc de Genillo (97m). Most caves are found in dolomite.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Alfara de Carles, in the Baix Ebre, contains 43 catalogued cavities: 14 pits and 29 caves. The total passage is 4704 m and the maximum depth reached is 97 m. The recorded lithologies are limestone, with 17 cavities, and dolomite, with 26.
Among the most notable cavities is the Forat de Riu Algars, with 2000 m of passage, a vertical drop of 43.5 m and a meandering route; the surveyed passage is 1190 m. The Avenc Sabarín, on the Mola de Catí, is 56 m deep and has 517 m of passage, with shafts, chambers and galleries, and was discovered in 2009 and explored by the UEC Tortosa. The Avenc de Genillo, also on the Mola de Catí, reaches 97 m of depth and has 400 m of passage. Other cavities are the Cova Balaguer, of about 350 m; and the Forat del Riu Algars-2, of 285 m, located in 2011 by the Espeleo Club Tortosa.
Other cavities include the Avenc del Trípode, 34 m deep, discovered and explored by the Espeleo Club Tortosa in June 1983, and the Avenc de la Suor, a 29 m deep fissure to the NW of the Mola de Catí.
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The 20 longest
- 1Forat de Riu AlgarsAlfara de Carles, Tarragona2,000 m
- 2Avenc SabarínAlfara de Carles, Tarragona517 m
- 3Avenc de GenilloAlfara de Carles, Tarragona400 m
- 4Cova BalaguerAlfara de Carles, Tarragona350 m
- 5Forat del Riu Algars-2Alfara de Carles, Tarragona285 m
- 6Avenc dels Estels del SudAlfara de Carles, Tarragona120 m
- 7Cova d'en GerretAlfara de Carles, Tarragona100 m
- 8Forats de PaellaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona95 m
- 9Avenc de la CoscollosaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona75 m
- 10Cova MuriaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona75 m
- 11Cova del Mal PasAlfara de Carles, Tarragona65 m
- 12Avenc del TrípodeAlfara de Carles, Tarragona60 m
- 13Cova de la Font NovaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona47 m
- 14Avenc de la SuorAlfara de Carles, Tarragona40 m
- 15Avenc del BoscAlfara de Carles, Tarragona40 m
- 16Cova TerreraAlfara de Carles, Tarragona40 m
- 17Avenc dels MargesAlfara de Carles, Tarragona32 m
- 18Avenc del MascarAlfara de Carles, Tarragona30 m
- 19Cova de la Sendera del MascarAlfara de Carles, Tarragona30 m
- 20Avenc de l'Ex-ginebreAlfara de Carles, Tarragona20 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc de GenilloAlfara de Carles, Tarragona97 m
- 2Avenc SabarínAlfara de Carles, Tarragona56 m
- 3Forat de Riu AlgarsAlfara de Carles, Tarragona43 m
- 4Avenc del TrípodeAlfara de Carles, Tarragona34 m
- 5Avenc de la SuorAlfara de Carles, Tarragona29 m
- 6Avenc del MascarAlfara de Carles, Tarragona26 m
- 7Cova BalaguerAlfara de Carles, Tarragona25 m
- 8Cova del Mal PasAlfara de Carles, Tarragona25 m
- 9Avenc dels Estels del SudAlfara de Carles, Tarragona24 m
- 10Avenc del BoscAlfara de Carles, Tarragona20 m
- 11Avenc dels MargesAlfara de Carles, Tarragona20 m
- 12Cova d'en GerretAlfara de Carles, Tarragona17 m
- 13Forats de PaellaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona15 m
- 14Avenc de la CoscollosaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona14 m
- 15Forat del Riu Algars-2Alfara de Carles, Tarragona13 m
- 16Avenc del ForestalAlfara de Carles, Tarragona12 m
- 17Cova MuriaAlfara de Carles, Tarragona11 m
- 18Avenc de l'Ex-ginebreAlfara de Carles, Tarragona10 m
- 19Cova de PechuAlfara de Carles, Tarragona10 m
- 20Avenc del FocAlfara de Carles, Tarragona9 m
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