Caves of La Vall d'en Bas
La Vall d'en Bas, in the Garrotxa, brings together 8 cavities: 7 caves and 1 pit, with a total length of 2351 m and a maximum vertical drop of 40 m. It highlights les Correjades, at 1835 m, and the Cavorca de Falgars, with a 40 m vertical drop.
La Vall d'en Bas has 8 catalogued caves, including 1 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is les Correjades (1,835m) and the deepest is Cavorca de Falgars (40m). 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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La Vall d'en Bas, a municipality in the Garrotxa, has 8 inventoried cavities: 7 caves and 1 pit. The total length adds up to 2351 m and the maximum vertical drop reached is 40 m. All the cavities develop in sandstone.
The longest cavity is les Correjades, at 1835 m, a group of large fissures on the baga de Freixeneda formed by three correjades —de Baix, del Mig and de Dalt— separated by the Pla del Campament and the Prat de Dalt. It is followed by the Cavorca de Falgars, at 251 m, the Cova de la Carrera, at 134 m, the Cova de l'Encantat, at 63 m, and the Cova del Xiquillo, at 60 m.
As for the vertical drop, the Cavorca de Falgars is the deepest, at 40 m; it was explored and surveyed by the Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona between May 1994 and January 1995. Other vertical drops are the 18 m of les Correjades, the 17 m of the Cova de la Carrera, the 10 m of the Cova del Xiquillo and the 6 m of the Cova de l'Encantat.
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The 20 longest
- 1les CorrejadesLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona1,835 m
- 2Cavorca de FalgarsLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona251 m
- 3Cova de la CarreraLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona134 m
- 4Cova de l'EncantatLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona63 m
- 5Cova del XiquilloLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona60 m
- 6Cova d'en VilaLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona32 m
- 7Cova Gran d'en VilaLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona25 m
- 8Bauma del Salt del RoureLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona8 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cavorca de FalgarsLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona40 m
- 2les CorrejadesLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona18 m
- 3Cova de la CarreraLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona17 m
- 4Cova del XiquilloLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona10 m
- 5Cova d'en VilaLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona9 m
- 6Cova de l'EncantatLa Vall d'en Bas, Girona6 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| les Correjades | 1,835 meters | 18 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cavorca de Falgars | 251 meters | 40 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cova de la Carrera | 134 meters | 17 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cova de l'Encantat | 63 meters | 6 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cova del Xiquillo | 60 meters | 10 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cova d'en Vila | 32 meters | 9 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Cova Gran d'en Vila | 25 meters | 0 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
| Bauma del Salt del Roure | 8 meters | 0 meters | Vall d'en Bas, La | Garrotxa |
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/