Caves of El Port de la Selva
El Port de la Selva, in Alt Empordà, brings together 4 caves, all catalogued as Cova, with a total length of 30 metres and a maximum depth of 0 metres.
El Port de la Selva has 4 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 4 caves. The longest is Cova dels Encantats (10m). Most caves are found in schist.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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El Port de la Selva, a municipality in Alt Empordà, has 4 caves, all of them catalogued as Cova. The group totals a combined length of 30 metres and a maximum depth of 0 metres. The lithologies present are Schist, in 3 cases, and Sand, in 1 case.
The longest cave is the Cova dels Encantats, with 10 metres of length and a triangular plan 10 metres long by 7 metres wide. It is followed by les Cavorques, a group of small caves developed in sand, with 8 metres; the Cova del Torrelló, of 7 metres, of reduced dimensions and slightly triangular shape, with an ascending floor and artificial adaptations; and the Cova de la Porta, a sepulchral cave of 5 metres formed by a triangular chamber oriented to the west.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova dels EncantatsEl Port de la Selva, Girona10 m
- 2les CavorquesEl Port de la Selva, Girona8 m
- 3Cova del TorrellóEl Port de la Selva, Girona7 m
- 4Cova de la PortaEl Port de la Selva, Girona5 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova dels Encantats | 10 meters | 0 meters | Port de la Selva, El | Alt Empordà |
| les Cavorques | 8 meters | 0 meters | Port de la Selva, El | Alt Empordà |
| Cova del Torrelló | 7 meters | 0 meters | Port de la Selva, El | Alt Empordà |
| Cova de la Porta | 5 meters | 0 meters | Port de la Selva, El | Alt Empordà |
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