Caves of the Moianès
El Moianès contains 76 inventoried cavities: 71 caves and 5 pits, with a total length of 2542 m and a maximum depth of 21 m. The Cova del Toll, at 1148 m, is the longest.
The Moianès region has 76 catalogued caves, including 5 potholes and 71 caves. The longest is Cova del Toll (1,148m) and the deepest is Avenc de Castellcir (21m). 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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El Moianès contains 76 inventoried cavities, divided into 71 caves and 5 pits, with a total length of 2542 m and a maximum depth of 21 m. The Cova del Toll, at 1148 m, is the longest; it is followed by the Cau de la Guilla, at 182 m, the Cova Morta, at 85 m, les Tutes, at 73 m, and the Forat Negre de Puigantic, at 68 m.
Among the deepest cavities are the Avenc de Castellcir, at 21 m, the Cova del Toll, at 18 m, the Balma de Roca Gironella, at 13 m, the Cova-avenc de la Clusella, at 11 m, and the Cova de les Teixoneres, at 10 m. The lithologies represented are Limestone (31), Sandstone (29), Conglomerate (11) and Travertine (5).
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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
- 1Cova del TollMoià, Barcelona1,148 m
- 2Cau de la GuillaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona182 m
- 3Cova MortaMoià, Barcelona85 m
- 4les TutesGranera, Barcelona73 m
- 5Forat Negre de PuiganticCollsuspina, Barcelona68 m
- 6Cova de Can SalomóGranera, Barcelona62 m
- 7Forat NegreGranera, Barcelona55 m
- 8Forat NegreMoià, Barcelona54 m
- 9Cova de les TeixoneresMoià, Barcelona47 m
- 10Avenc de CastellcirCastellcir, Barcelona36 m
- 11Balma del Torrent MalMoià, Barcelona26 m
- 12Cova-avenc de la ClusellaCastellcir, Barcelona26 m
- 13Balma del Gorg de les OlletesMoià, Barcelona25 m
- 14Cova dels BucsMonistrol de Calders, Barcelona25 m
- 15Cova de RocabrunaSanta Maria d'Oló, Barcelona25 m
- 16Cova de SalvatgesGranera, Barcelona25 m
- 17Balma de Roca GironellaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona22 m
- 18Balma Inferior de Roca GironellaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona22 m
- 19Balma de l'EsplugaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona20 m
- 20Bauma de la ComaMonistrol de Calders, Barcelona20 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc de CastellcirCastellcir, Barcelona21 m
- 2Cova del TollMoià, Barcelona18 m
- 3Balma de Roca GironellaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona13 m
- 4Cova-avenc de la ClusellaCastellcir, Barcelona11 m
- 5Cova de les TeixoneresMoià, Barcelona10 m
- 6Avenc de FontanillesCollsuspina, Barcelona9 m
- 7Avenc dels HomsCollsuspina, Barcelona7 m
- 8Avenc de PerersMoià, Barcelona7 m
- 9Cau de la GuillaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona7 m
- 10Balma Inferior de Roca GironellaSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona6 m
- 11Cova dels BucsMonistrol de Calders, Barcelona5 m
- 12les TutesGranera, Barcelona4 m
- 13Cova XalocSant Quirze Safaja, Barcelona3 m
- 14Forat NegreGranera, Barcelona3 m
- 15Balma del PedrósCastellterçol, Barcelona2 m
- 16Balma del Torrent MalMoià, Barcelona2 m
- 17Balmes I Cova de Roques SitjanesCastellcir, Barcelona2 m
- 18Cova MortaMoià, Barcelona2 m
- 19Coveta del Gorg de les OlletesMoià, Barcelona2 m
- 20Balma del Gorg de les OlletesMoià, Barcelona1 m
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