Caves of Perafita
Perafita, in Lluçanès, has 2 caves: the Balma de les Heures, 15 metres deep, and the Balma del Coll Triador, 8 metres deep. Together they total 23 metres of passage.
Perafita has 2 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 2 caves. The longest is Balma de les Heures (15m). 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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Perafita, a municipality in Lluçanès, has 2 inventoried caves, both shelters, which together total 23 metres of passage. The maximum recorded depth is 0 metres.
The Balma de les Heures, the longer one, is 15 metres deep and lies between limestone and marl, with seepages and incipient crusts. It was excavated in 1938 and 1943, and surveyed in 2015 by the GE Badalona. The Balma del Coll Triador is a small shelter 31 metres long, 8 metres deep and 4 metres high at most, damp and shady, beside a stream.
The lithologies represented are sandstone and limestone, with 1 cave each.
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The 20 longest
- 1Balma de les HeuresPerafita, Barcelona15 m
- 2Balma del Coll TriadorPerafita, Barcelona8 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balma de les Heures | 15 meters | 0 meters | Perafita | Osona |
| Balma del Coll Triador | 8 meters | 0 meters | Perafita | Lluçanès |
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