Caves of the Lluçanès
El Lluçanès brings together 28 caves and rock shelters, with a total length of 271 m and a maximum depth of 6 m. Sandstones (24) and conglomerates (4) predominate.
The Lluçanès region has 29 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 29 caves. The longest is la Tronassa de la Tor (50m). 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 Lluçanès brings together 28 caves and rock shelters, all catalogued as caves, with a total length of 271 m and a maximum depth of 6 m. The lithologies present are sandstones, with 24 records, and conglomerates, with 4.
The cavity with the greatest length is la Tronassa de la Tor, with 50 m, discovered speleologically by Ferran Cardona (EC Gràcia) around 1996; it is also the deepest, with 6 m. It is followed by the Balma Nº1 dels Racons, with 21 m, the Cova del Lladre, with 20 m, the Balmes de la Font dels Bous, with 14 m, and the Balma Nº1 de la Font de les Coves, with 13 m.
Among the deepest cavities are the Balma del Pont de les Heures, with 3 m, at the riera de Merlès, 41 m wide, 6 m maximum height and 8 m deep, and the Balma Nº2 dels Racons, also with 3 m. The Balma Nº1 de la Font de les Coves and the Balma Nº1 dels Racons reach 2 m of depth.
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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
- 1la Tronassa de la TorLluçà, Barcelona50 m
- 2Balma Nº1 dels RaconsLluçà, Barcelona21 m
- 3Cova del LladreLluçà, Barcelona20 m
- 4Balma de les HeuresPerafita, Barcelona15 m
- 5Balmes de la Font dels BousLluçà, Barcelona14 m
- 6Balma Nº1 de la Font de les CovesLluçà, Barcelona13 m
- 7Balma de la Font de Cal BlancSant Martí d'Albars, Barcelona12 m
- 8Balma dels GitanosSant Martí d'Albars, Barcelona10 m
- 9Balma de PaüsaAlpens, Barcelona10 m
- 10Balma Nº2 dels RaconsLluçà, Barcelona10 m
- 11Balma de la FigueraLluçà, Barcelona9 m
- 12Balma de la VallAlpens, Barcelona9 m
- 13Balma del PratLluçà, Barcelona9 m
- 14Balma del Coll TriadorPerafita, Barcelona8 m
- 15Balma del Pont de les HeuresLluçà, Barcelona8 m
- 16Balma Nº3 de la Font de les CovesLluçà, Barcelona8 m
- 17Balma de Cal CoixLluçà, Barcelona7 m
- 18Balmes del GaretLluçà, Barcelona7 m
- 19la TronassetaLluçà, Barcelona7 m
- 20Balma de la Font GuilleraLluçà, Barcelona6 m
The 20 deepest
- 1la Tronassa de la TorLluçà, Barcelona6 m
- 2Balma del Pont de les HeuresLluçà, Barcelona3 m
- 3Balma Nº2 dels RaconsLluçà, Barcelona3 m
- 4Balma Nº1 de la Font de les CovesLluçà, Barcelona2 m
- 5Balma Nº1 dels RaconsLluçà, Barcelona2 m
- 6Balma Nº3 de la Font de les CovesLluçà, Barcelona2 m
- 7Balma Nº2 de la Font de les CovesLluçà, Barcelona1 m
- 8la TronassetaLluçà, Barcelona1 m
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