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Caves of Caldes de Montbui

Caldes de Montbui (Vallès Oriental) has 5 cavities: 4 caves and 1 pit, with 346 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 29 m. The Cova dels Ermitans, at 287 m, is the longest and deepest.

Caldes de Montbui has 5 catalogued caves, including 1 potholes and 4 caves. The longest is Cova dels Ermitans (287m). Most caves are found in limestone.

5caves
346mtotal length
29mmax depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.

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In the municipality of Caldes de Montbui, in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, 5 cavities are known: 4 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 346 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 29 m. The lithologies represented are limestone (3 cavities), conglomerate (1) and travertine (1).

The Cova dels Ermitans, at the Farell, is the longest and deepest cavity in the municipality: 287 m of passage, three entrances, a total elevation difference of 28.7 m (+9.3; -19.4) and 286.8 m surveyed. It is followed by the Cova de Solanes, with a single gallery of about 25 m and two entrances, excavated between 1966 and the early 80s, and the Avenc de la Costa Llisa, 7 m deep, explored by the SIS – CET on 1 September 1984.

The group is completed by the Font de l'Hort, a modest spring on the turó de Solanes with a single gallery and a small water pool, and the Coves del Gorg d'en Pélacs, three small rock shelters in the Triassic sandstones of the riera de Codonys with stalactitic formations in no. 3.

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Cova dels ErmitansCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona287 m
  2. 2Cova de SolanesCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona30 m
  3. 3Avenc de la Costa LlisaCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona15 m
  4. 4Font de l'HortCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona9 m
  5. 5Coves del Gorg d'en PélacsCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona5 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Cova dels ErmitansCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona29 m
  2. 2Avenc de la Costa LlisaCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona7 m
  3. 3Cova de SolanesCaldes de Montbui, Barcelona4 m
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Length↓
Depth↕
Municipality↕
Region↕
Cova dels Ermitans287 meters29 metersCaldes de MontbuiVallès Oriental
Cova de Solanes30 meters4 metersCaldes de MontbuiVallès Oriental
Avenc de la Costa Llisa15 meters7 metersCaldes de MontbuiVallès Oriental
Font de l'Hort9 meters0 metersCaldes de MontbuiVallès Oriental
Coves del Gorg d'en Pélacs5 meters0 metersCaldes de MontbuiVallès Oriental

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