Caves of Oliola
Oliola, in the Noguera, has 4 cavities: 2 caves and 2 pits, with a total length of 118 metres and a maximum depth of 18 metres. The Cau de Mossèn Benet is the longest, at 76 metres.
Oliola has 4 catalogued caves, including 2 potholes and 2 caves. The longest is Cau de Mossèn Benet (76m) and the deepest is Forat Roig (18m). Most caves are found in gypsum.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Oliola, a municipality in the comarca of the Noguera, has 4 catalogued cavities: 2 caves and 2 pits. Together, they total 118 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 18 metres. The lithologies present are gypsum, in 3 cavities, and sandstone, in 1.
The longest cavity is the Cau de Mossèn Benet, a cave with 76 metres of length that descends to -6 metres and was explored by the SIE del CEA in 1971. The Forat Roig is the deepest pit, with 18 metres of depth, an entrance 0.7 metres in diameter, a 4-metre vertical drop and a pool of water at -18 metres. Other cavities are the Forat de la Costa dels Moros, a small cave in gypsum in the Llobregós river basin with an entrance of 2x1.5 metres and a short ascending gallery that ends in a flat crawl, and the Forat de la Torre dels Moros, a pit 5 metres deep explored by the SIE del CEA in 1971.
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The 20 longest
- 1Cau de Mossèn BenetOliola, Lleida76 m
- 2Forat RoigOliola, Lleida31 m
- 3Forat de la Costa dels MorosOliola, Lleida6 m
- 4Forat de la Torre dels MorosOliola, Lleida5 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Forat RoigOliola, Lleida18 m
- 2Cau de Mossèn BenetOliola, Lleida6 m
- 3Forat de la Torre dels MorosOliola, Lleida5 m
- 4Forat de la Costa dels MorosOliola, Lleida2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cau de Mossèn Benet | 76 meters | 6 meters | Oliola | Noguera |
| Forat Roig | 31 meters | 18 meters | Oliola | Noguera |
| Forat de la Costa dels Moros | 6 meters | 2 meters | Oliola | Noguera |
| Forat de la Torre dels Moros | 5 meters | 5 meters | Oliola | Noguera |
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