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Caves of Rellinars

Rellinars, in Vallès Occidental, contains 14 cavities: 7 pits and 7 caves, with 330 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 21 m. Conglomerate predominates (12), with 1 travertine and 1 sandstone.

Rellinars has 14 catalogued caves, including 7 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is Avenc de la Barbotera (118m) and the deepest is Avenc de l'Endaló (21m). Most caves are found in conglomerate.

14caves
330mtotal length
21mmax depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.

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Rellinars, a municipality in Vallès Occidental, has 14 catalogued cavities: 7 pits and 7 caves. Together they total 330 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 21 m. The recorded lithologies are conglomerates (12), travertines (1) and sandstones (1).

Among the cavities most notable for passage length are Avenc de la Barbotera, with 118 m, related to la Barbotera spring, in the Serra de l'Obac; Avenc Casas-martínez, with 40 m of passage and 19 m of depth in the torrent de la Cansalada, discovered on a family outing and surveyed on 21 September 2013; Avenc de l'Endaló, with 36 m of passage and 21 m of depth, with a triangular entrance of 2 x 0.7 m; Avenc dels Plans, with 27 m of passage and 15 m of depth; and Avenc de les Roquisses, with 20 m of passage and 7 m of depth, explored in January 1965 by GES – CMB.

As for depth, the deepest cavities are Avenc de l'Endaló (21 m), Avenc Casas-martínez (19 m), Avenc de la Barbotera (18 m), Avenc dels Plans (15 m) and la Pedregosa (9 m), an intermittent spring with 16 m of penetrable passage known since time immemorial and explored by GES – CMB in 1959 and by GE Badalona in 1976.

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Avenc de la BarboteraRellinars, Barcelona118 m
  2. 2Avenc Casas-martínezRellinars, Barcelona40 m
  3. 3Avenc de l'EndalóRellinars, Barcelona36 m
  4. 4Avenc dels PlansRellinars, Barcelona27 m
  5. 5Avenc de les RoquissesRellinars, Barcelona20 m
  6. 6Font del CàntirRellinars, Barcelona18 m
  7. 7la PedregosaRellinars, Barcelona16 m
  8. 8Avenc del Camí RalRellinars, Barcelona10 m
  9. 9Balma de la Font del LladreRellinars, Barcelona10 m
  10. 10Cova de Can CotisRellinars, Barcelona9 m
  11. 11Avenc de la Font del ConillRellinars, Barcelona7 m
  12. 12Balma de l'EndalóRellinars, Barcelona7 m
  13. 13Balma del Torrent de l'esbarzerRellinars, Barcelona6 m
  14. 14la BarboteraRellinars, Barcelona6 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Avenc de l'EndalóRellinars, Barcelona21 m
  2. 2Avenc Casas-martínezRellinars, Barcelona19 m
  3. 3Avenc de la BarboteraRellinars, Barcelona18 m
  4. 4Avenc dels PlansRellinars, Barcelona15 m
  5. 5la PedregosaRellinars, Barcelona9 m
  6. 6Avenc del Camí RalRellinars, Barcelona7 m
  7. 7Avenc de les RoquissesRellinars, Barcelona7 m
  8. 8Avenc de la Font del ConillRellinars, Barcelona5 m
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Name↕
Length↓
Depth↕
Municipality↕
Region↕
Avenc de la Barbotera118 meters18 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc Casas-martínez40 meters19 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc de l'Endaló36 meters21 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc dels Plans27 meters15 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc de les Roquisses20 meters7 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Font del Càntir18 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
la Pedregosa16 meters9 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Balma de la Font del Lladre10 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc del Camí Ral10 meters7 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Cova de Can Cotis9 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Balma de l'Endaló7 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Avenc de la Font del Conill7 meters5 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
la Barbotera6 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental
Balma del Torrent de l'esbarzer6 meters0 metersRellinarsVallès Occidental

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