Caves of Pallejà
Pallejà, in the Baix Llobregat, contains 18 cavities: 9 pits and 9 caves, with 434 metres of total passage and a maximum depth of 24 metres. Limestone (15) and travertine (3) predominate.
Pallejà has 18 catalogued caves, including 9 potholes and 9 caves. The longest is Complex de les Rovires Nº1-3 (141m) and the deepest is Avenc Negre (24m). 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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The municipality of Pallejà, in the Baix Llobregat, has 18 catalogued cavities: 9 pits and 9 caves. The group totals 434 metres of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 24 metres. The lithologies present are limestone, in 15 cases, and travertine, in 3.
Among the cavities, the Complex de les Rovires Nº1-3 stands out, with 141 metres of passage and 17 metres of depth, and the Avenc Negre, the deepest in the municipality at 24 metres, with an entrance of 5X2 metres and a path length of 500 metres and 88 metres of elevation gain. Other notable cavities are the Escletxa de les Rovires Nº2, 22 metres deep, the Cova del Lleó, with 21 metres of passage, and the Avenc Blanc, 9 metres deep, discovered and cleared by Pedro Valdepeñas in 1990.
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The 20 longest
- 1Complex de les Rovires Nº1-3Pallejà, Barcelona141 m
- 2Avenc NegrePallejà, Barcelona49 m
- 3Escletxa de les Rovires Nº2Pallejà, Barcelona47 m
- 4Cova del LleóPallejà, Barcelona21 m
- 5Avenc BlancPallejà, Barcelona20 m
- 6Cova del Bosc CrematPallejà, Barcelona19 m
- 7Escletxa de les Dues BoquesPallejà, Barcelona19 m
- 8Escletxa de les Rovires Nº4Pallejà, Barcelona18 m
- 9Avenc de Mal HivernPallejà, Barcelona17 m
- 10Forat del CemPallejà, Barcelona14 m
- 11Cova del Cingle de Cal DuroPallejà, Barcelona12 m
- 12Forat Nº1 de la Presa d'aiguaPallejà, Barcelona12 m
- 13Cova del Cingle del Bosc CrematPallejà, Barcelona10 m
- 14Forat Nº2 de la Presa d'aiguaPallejà, Barcelona10 m
- 15Avenc de les PlanesPallejà, Barcelona7 m
- 16Escletxa de les Rovires Nº5Pallejà, Barcelona7 m
- 17Forat Nº3 de la Presa d'aiguaPallejà, Barcelona6 m
- 18Cova Petita del Bosc CrematPallejà, Barcelona5 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc NegrePallejà, Barcelona24 m
- 2Escletxa de les Rovires Nº2Pallejà, Barcelona22 m
- 3Complex de les Rovires Nº1-3Pallejà, Barcelona17 m
- 4Avenc de Mal HivernPallejà, Barcelona10 m
- 5Avenc BlancPallejà, Barcelona9 m
- 6Cova del Bosc CrematPallejà, Barcelona6 m
- 7Avenc de les PlanesPallejà, Barcelona5 m
- 8Escletxa de les Rovires Nº4Pallejà, Barcelona5 m
- 9Escletxa de les Rovires Nº5Pallejà, Barcelona5 m
- 10Escletxa de les Dues BoquesPallejà, Barcelona4 m
- 11Forat del CemPallejà, Barcelona4 m
- 12Cova del Cingle de Cal DuroPallejà, Barcelona2 m
- 13Forat Nº1 de la Presa d'aiguaPallejà, Barcelona2 m
- 14Cova del LleóPallejà, Barcelona1 m
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