Caves of Santa Maria de Merlès
Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà) contains 5 caves, all sandstone shelters, with a total length of 44 metres and a maximum depth of 2 metres. The Balma de Ca l'andaló and the Bauma de les Rocasses are the longest, at 15 metres each.
Santa Maria de Merlès has 5 catalogued caves, including 0 potholes and 5 caves. The longest is Balma de Ca l'andaló (15m). 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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Santa Maria de Merlès, in the Berguedà, has 5 caves, all of them shelters developed in sandstone. Together they total 44 metres in length and reach a maximum depth of 2 metres.
The cavities most notable for their length are the Balma de Ca l'andaló and the Bauma de les Rocasses, both 15 metres. The Balma de Ca l'andaló is 54 metres wide, 4 metres high and 15 metres at its deepest part, and it is the one with the greatest depth in the municipality, at 2 metres. The Bauma de les Rocasses is a large shelter with a waterfall, 100 m wide, 15 m deep and about 7 m high.
Other shelters in the municipality are the Balma de la Font d'en Pere Costa, the Balma de les Pastorelles, 40 m long, 5 m deep and 3 m maximum height beneath a waterfall of the stream, and the Balma d'Escrigues, 45 m long, 4 m deep and 3 m high.
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The 20 longest
- 1Balma de Ca l'andalóSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona15 m
- 2Bauma de les RocassesSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona15 m
- 3Balma de la Font d'en Pere CostaSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona5 m
- 4Balma de les PastorellesSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona5 m
- 5Balma d'EscriguesSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona4 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Balma de Ca l'andalóSanta Maria de Merlès, Barcelona2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauma de les Rocasses | 15 meters | 0 meters | Santa Maria de Merlès | Berguedà |
| Balma de Ca l'andaló | 15 meters | 2 meters | Santa Maria de Merlès | Berguedà |
| Balma de les Pastorelles | 5 meters | 0 meters | Santa Maria de Merlès | Berguedà |
| Balma de la Font d'en Pere Costa | 5 meters | 0 meters | Santa Maria de Merlès | Berguedà |
| Balma d'Escrigues | 4 meters | 0 meters | Santa Maria de Merlès | Berguedà |
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