Caves of the Garrotxa
La Garrotxa contains 111 cavities: 91 caves and 20 pits, with a total passage length of 8344 m and a maximum depth of 43 m. Limestone predominates, followed by sandstone, gypsum, travertine, basalt and clay.
The Garrotxa region has 111 catalogued caves, including 20 potholes and 91 caves. The longest is les Correjades (1,835m) and the deepest is Avenc del Bloc (43m). 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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La Garrotxa brings together 111 inventoried cavities, of which 91 are caves and 20 are pits. The known total passage length is 8344 metres and the maximum depth reached is 43 metres. As for lithologies, limestone predominates (59), followed by sandstone (39), gypsum (7), travertine (4), basalt (1) and clay (1).
Among the longest cavities, les Correjades stands out, with 1835 metres, and the Sistema de les Bores del Borró, with 1315 metres, excavated in gypsum at Sales de Llierca. Other notable cavities are the Cova de la Mosquera, at 962 metres, and the Baumes d'en Caxurma, at 387 metres. As for depth, the Avenc del Bloc reaches 43 metres, followed by the Cavorca de Falgars and the Cova de les Angúnies, both at 40 metres.
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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
- 1les CorrejadesLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona1,835 m
- 2Sistema de les Bores del BorróSales de Llierca, Girona1,315 m
- 3Cova de la MosqueraBeuda, Girona962 m
- 4Baumes d'en CaxurmaMontagut i Oix, Girona387 m
- 5Cavorca de FalgarsLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona251 m
- 6Avenc del BlocSant Aniol de Finestres, Girona211 m
- 7Cova de les AngúniesSant Aniol de Finestres, Girona190 m
- 8Cova de l'OrriSales de Llierca, Girona157 m
- 9Avenc de Can Roca Roja Nº2Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona149 m
- 10Cova de la CarreraLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona134 m
- 11Escletxes de Ca N'oliveresBeuda, Girona132 m
- 12Avenc de Sant MiquelSales de Llierca, Girona120 m
- 13Cova del LlopSant Aniol de Finestres, Girona116 m
- 14Avenc de Can Roca Roja Nº1Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona111 m
- 15Forat de MalveíBeuda, Girona90 m
- 16Forat del Puig de les BruixesMontagut i Oix, Girona87 m
- 17Cova de Roca LladreSant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona80 m
- 18Cova de l'EncantatLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona63 m
- 19Cova dels ErmitonsSales de Llierca, Girona63 m
- 20Cova del XiquilloLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona60 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc del BlocSant Aniol de Finestres, Girona43 m
- 2Cavorca de FalgarsLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona40 m
- 3Cova de les AngúniesSant Aniol de Finestres, Girona40 m
- 4Forat del Puig de les BruixesMontagut i Oix, Girona39 m
- 5Avenc de Can Roca Roja Nº2Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona31 m
- 6Balma dels PolvorairesMontagut i Oix, Girona30 m
- 7Sistema de les Bores del BorróSales de Llierca, Girona30 m
- 8Forat del FumSales de Llierca, Girona28 m
- 9Avenc de Can Roca Roja Nº1Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona27 m
- 10Avenc de la RositaSales de Llierca, Girona25 m
- 11Forat de MalveíBeuda, Girona23 m
- 12Tuta de Can NofreMontagut i Oix, Girona23 m
- 13Avenc de Can Roca Roja Nº4Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona22 m
- 14Avenc de Sant MiquelSales de Llierca, Girona20 m
- 15Cova de la MosqueraBeuda, Girona20 m
- 16Escletxes de Ca N'oliveresBeuda, Girona20 m
- 17Baumes d'en CaxurmaMontagut i Oix, Girona19 m
- 18l'Ull de MontmajorMontagut i Oix, Girona19 m
- 19Cova dels ErmitonsSales de Llierca, Girona18 m
- 20les CorrejadesLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona18 m
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