Caves of the Bages
Bages has 177 cavities, mostly caves and pits, with a total surveyed length of 9,634 m and a maximum depth of 187 m. Notable features include Cova dels Meandres de Sal and several pits in the Serra de l'Obac.
The Bages region has 177 catalogued caves, including 52 potholes and 125 caves. The longest is Cova dels Meandres de Sal (4,300m). Most caves are found in conglomerate.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Bages is a comarca with 177 registered cavities, including 125 caves and 52 pits. Together they have a total surveyed length of 9,634 m and a maximum depth of 187 m. The predominant lithology is conglomerate, present in 147 cavities, followed by sandstone, with 25, and salt, with 3; there is also one cavity in limestone and one in travertine.
The longest cavity is Cova dels Meandres de Sal, at 4,300 m; it is also the deepest, at 187 m. Other notable cavities by length are Forat Micó, at 640 m; Cova-avenc del Picarol, at 340 m; Avenc de l'Espluga, at 320 m; and Avenc del Llest, at 265 m. By depth, after Cova dels Meandres de Sal come Avenc de l'Espluga, at 123 m; Avenc del Llest, at 56 m; and Avenc de la Brega and Avenc de Sant Jaume de la Mata, both at 52 m.
Several of these cavities are in the Serra de l'Obac, including Cova-avenc del Picarol, Avenc de l'Espluga, Avenc del Llest, Avenc de la Brega and Avenc de Sant Jaume de la Mata. Cova dels Meandres de Sal and Forat Micó are located in Cardona.
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The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
The 20 longest
- 1Cova dels Meandres de SalCardona, Barcelona4,300 m
- 2Forat MicóCardona, Barcelona640 m
- 3Cova-avenc del PicarolMura, Barcelona340 m
- 4Avenc de l'EsplugaMura, Barcelona320 m
- 5Avenc del LlestMura, Barcelona265 m
- 6Cova del RiuCardona, Barcelona260 m
- 7Coves de MuraMura, Barcelona184 m
- 8Cort Fosca de MatarrodonaMura, Barcelona125 m
- 9Avenc de Sant Jaume de la MataMura, Barcelona104 m
- 10Cova de la Dona MortaMonistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona104 m
- 11Avenc de la FalconeraMura, Barcelona95 m
- 12Cova dels TalpsMura, Barcelona73 m
- 13Cova del Turó del Mal Pas de PuigdoureMura, Barcelona67 m
- 14Avenc de les PiquesMura, Barcelona66 m
- 15Escletxes del Molí de BoixedaFonollosa, Barcelona62 m
- 16Avenc de la BregaMura, Barcelona60 m
- 17Avenc de l'Era dels EnricsMura, Barcelona49 m
- 18Cova de Sant JeroniMarganell, Barcelona48 m
- 19Coves de Santa CecíliaMarganell, Barcelona47 m
- 20Avenc de Coll de TancaMura, Barcelona45 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova dels Meandres de SalCardona, Barcelona187 m
- 2Avenc de l'EsplugaMura, Barcelona123 m
- 3Avenc del LlestMura, Barcelona56 m
- 4Avenc de la BregaMura, Barcelona52 m
- 5Avenc de Sant Jaume de la MataMura, Barcelona52 m
- 6Escletxa de Sant SalvadorMonistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona36 m
- 7Avenc de Coll de TancaMura, Barcelona30 m
- 8Avenc de la FalconeraMura, Barcelona28 m
- 9Cova de Sant JeroniMarganell, Barcelona25 m
- 10Forat MicóCardona, Barcelona25 m
- 11Avenc de la Canal de les TeixoneresMura, Barcelona20 m
- 12Avenc del MontcauMura, Barcelona20 m
- 13Avenc del Sot de la BótaMura, Barcelona20 m
- 14Escletxa dels TeixosMarganell, Barcelona20 m
- 15Avenc de la Coma d'en VilaMura, Barcelona18 m
- 16Avenc de les ErmíniesMura, Barcelona18 m
- 17Avenc del TortosíMura, Barcelona18 m
- 18Escletxa Escorpí-gallaretMarganell, Barcelona17 m
- 19Cova-avenc del PicarolMura, Barcelona16 m
- 20Avenc dels CodolososMura, Barcelona15 m
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