Caves of Mont-roig del Camp
Mont-roig del Camp, in the Baix Camp, brings together 3 caves with a total length of 43 m and a maximum depth of 3 m. The Cova Foradada, the Cova del Peiró and the Cova del Patou are the recorded cavities.
Mont-roig del Camp has 3 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 3 caves. The longest is Cova Foradada (20m). 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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Mont-roig del Camp, a municipality in the Baix Camp, has 3 recorded cavities, all of them catalogued as caves. Together they total a length of 43 m and reach a maximum depth of 3 m.
The Cova Foradada is the cavity with the greatest length, at 20 m, and also the deepest, at 3 m; it is a small cave in red sandstone known since time immemorial and cited speleologically in June 2013. The Cova del Peiró, 19 m in length and 2 m deep, opens in foothill materials and scree cones, with an entrance 10 m wide subdivided into 4 entrances. The Cova del Patou is a rock shelter 22.5 metres long, divided into two parts.
As for the lithologies, 2 of the cavities develop in sandstone and 1 in clay.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cova ForadadaMont-roig del Camp, Tarragona20 m
- 2Cova del PeiróMont-roig del Camp, Tarragona19 m
- 3Cova del PatouMont-roig del Camp, Tarragona4 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova ForadadaMont-roig del Camp, Tarragona3 m
- 2Cova del PeiróMont-roig del Camp, Tarragona2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cova Foradada | 20 meters | 3 meters | Mont-roig del Camp | Baix Camp |
| Cova del Peiró | 19 meters | 2 meters | Mont-roig del Camp | Baix Camp |
| Cova del Patou | 4 meters | 0 meters | Mont-roig del Camp | Baix Camp |
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