Caves of El Cogul
El Cogul, a municipality in the Garrigues, brings together 3 caves: the Cova de Baladrons, la Cova and la Roca dels Moros, with a total passage of 14 metres and a maximum depth of 1 metre.
El Cogul has 3 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 3 caves. The longest is Cova de Baladrons (6m). Most caves are found in sandstone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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El Cogul, a municipality in the comarca of the Garrigues, has 3 inventoried caves, all of them catalogued as a Cova. Together they total 14 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 1 metre. The lithology recorded in all three cases is sandstone.
The longest cave is the Cova de Baladrons, with 6 metres, followed by la Cova, with 5 metres, and by la Roca dels Moros, with 3 metres. As for depth, the Cova de Baladrons has 1 metre, while la Cova and la Roca dels Moros record 0 metres. La Roca dels Moros preserves rock paintings of Levantine art, with some 52 human and animal figures, as well as Iberian and Latin inscriptions.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova de BaladronsEl Cogul, Lleida6 m
- 2la CovaEl Cogul, Lleida5 m
- 3la Roca dels MorosEl Cogul, Lleida3 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova de BaladronsEl Cogul, Lleida1 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova de Baladrons | 6 meters | 1 meters | Cogul, El | Garrigues |
| la Cova | 5 meters | 0 meters | Cogul, El | Garrigues |
| la Roca dels Moros | 3 meters | 0 meters | Cogul, El | Garrigues |
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