Caves of Sentmenat
Sentmenat, in the Vallès Occidental, contains 11 cavities: 4 pits and 7 caves, with 158 m of total passage and 19 m of maximum depth. The Avenc de Can Castellet de Dalt is the longest and deepest cavity.
Sentmenat has 11 catalogued caves, including 4 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is Avenc de Can Castellet de Dalt (76m). Most caves are found in travertine.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Sentmenat, a municipality in the Vallès Occidental, has 11 catalogued cavities: 4 pits and 7 caves. Together they total 158 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 19 m. The lithologies present are conglomerates, in 4 cases, and travertines, in 7.
The most notable cavity is the Avenc de Can Castellet de Dalt, with 76 m of passage and 19 m of depth, known since time immemorial and explored in 1825 by Mariano de la Paz Graells. Other relevant cavities are the la Font Falsa de Guanta, an intermittent spring of about 8 m of depth studied by the Espeleo Club Sabadell in 1980, and the Avenc de la Font Falsa, of almost 7 m of depth, explored in September 1984 by the SIS del Centre Excursionista de Terrassa.
Among the caves are the Cova del Comte, with 11 m of passage, linked to the legend of Count Borrell, and the Cova Nº5 del Mal Grau, with 9 m of passage, with an entrance 11 m wide by 2.5 m high.
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc de Can Castellet de DaltSentmenat, Barcelona76 m
- 2la Font Falsa de GuantaSentmenat, Barcelona23 m
- 3Avenc de la Font FalsaSentmenat, Barcelona15 m
- 4Cova del ComteSentmenat, Barcelona11 m
- 5Cova Nº5 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona9 m
- 6Cova Nº1 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona7 m
- 7Cova Nº4 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona5 m
- 8Avencó de Can CastelletSentmenat, Barcelona3 m
- 9Cova Nº2 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona3 m
- 10Cova Nº3 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona3 m
- 11Cova Petita del ComteSentmenat, Barcelona3 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc de Can Castellet de DaltSentmenat, Barcelona19 m
- 2la Font Falsa de GuantaSentmenat, Barcelona8 m
- 3Avenc de la Font FalsaSentmenat, Barcelona7 m
- 4Avencó de Can CastelletSentmenat, Barcelona2 m
- 5Cova Nº3 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona2 m
- 6Cova Nº4 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona2 m
- 7Cova Nº2 del Mal GrauSentmenat, Barcelona1 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenc de Can Castellet de Dalt | 76 meters | 19 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| la Font Falsa de Guanta | 23 meters | 8 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Avenc de la Font Falsa | 15 meters | 7 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova del Comte | 11 meters | 0 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Nº5 del Mal Grau | 9 meters | 0 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Nº1 del Mal Grau | 7 meters | 0 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Nº4 del Mal Grau | 5 meters | 2 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Petita del Comte | 3 meters | 0 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Nº3 del Mal Grau | 3 meters | 2 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Cova Nº2 del Mal Grau | 3 meters | 1 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
| Avencó de Can Castellet | 3 meters | 2 meters | Sentmenat | Vallès Occidental |
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/