Caves of the Baix Llobregat
Baix Llobregat contains 536 cavities, 373 pits and 163 caves, with 19,125 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 184 m. Avenc dels Esquirols stands out as the deepest, and Coves del Salnitre as the longest.
The Baix Llobregat region has 536 catalogued caves, including 373 potholes and 163 caves. The longest is Coves del Salnitre (958m) and the deepest is Avenc dels Esquirols (184m). 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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Baix Llobregat contains 536 recorded cavities: 373 pits and 163 caves. Together they total 19,125 metres of surveyed passage and reach a maximum depth of 184 metres. The comarca has 14 child cavities.
Among the longest cavities are Coves del Salnitre, with 958 metres, and Avenc de la Ferla, with 704 metres. As for depth, Avenc dels Esquirols stands out, with 184 metres, and Avenc de la Ferla, with 172 metres.
The lithologies present include limestones (312), dolomites (134), conglomerates (68), travertines (18), sandstones (2), marls (1) and gypsum (1).
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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
- 1Coves del SalnitreCollbató, Barcelona958 m
- 2Avenc de la FerlaBegues, Barcelona704 m
- 3Avenc dels Guerrillers-guerrillaGavà, Barcelona635 m
- 4Avenc dels EsquirolsVallirana, Barcelona430 m
- 5Avenc Pompeu FabraVallirana, Barcelona360 m
- 6Avenc del BrucBegues, Barcelona313 m
- 7Avenc Carles SelickeBegues, Barcelona300 m
- 8Escletxes de PapiolEl Papiol, Barcelona300 m
- 9Avenc de les AlzinesBegues, Barcelona258 m
- 10Avenc del BoixBegues, Barcelona253 m
- 11Pou de Costa DretaCollbató, Barcelona250 m
- 12Cova FredaCollbató, Barcelona232 m
- 13Avenc de les GarsesBegues, Barcelona225 m
- 14Esquerda Nº3 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona220 m
- 15Sistema dels GuixosCorbera de Llobregat, Barcelona214 m
- 16Avenc Abat EscarréVallirana, Barcelona210 m
- 17Coves de Santa Creu d'olordaSant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona206 m
- 18Avenc de la SivinotaGavà, Barcelona202 m
- 19Avenc SellarèsBegues, Barcelona180 m
- 20Avenc Joan CabezaBegues, Barcelona179 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc dels EsquirolsVallirana, Barcelona184 m
- 2Avenc de la FerlaBegues, Barcelona172 m
- 3Pou de Costa DretaCollbató, Barcelona148 m
- 4Avenc de les GarsesBegues, Barcelona146 m
- 5Avenc Carles SelickeBegues, Barcelona135 m
- 6Avenc de la SivinotaGavà, Barcelona132 m
- 7Avenc del BrucBegues, Barcelona117 m
- 8Avenc Nou de les AlzinesBegues, Barcelona113 m
- 9Avenc dels TresBegues, Barcelona111 m
- 10Avenc Pompeu FabraVallirana, Barcelona104 m
- 11Avenc dels Guerrillers-guerrillaGavà, Barcelona97 m
- 12Avenc d'en PereBegues, Barcelona93 m
- 13Avenc dels LlambricsBegues, Barcelona85 m
- 14Avenc AsensioBegues, Barcelona84 m
- 15Avenc de Can SadurníBegues, Barcelona84 m
- 16Avenc de Sant CristòfolBegues, Barcelona84 m
- 17Avenc SellarèsBegues, Barcelona84 m
- 18Avenc Abat EscarréVallirana, Barcelona83 m
- 19Avenc GiescBegues, Barcelona82 m
- 20Avenc del MallBegues, Barcelona72 m
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/