Caves of the Tarragonès
The Tarragonès contains 63 cavities: 56 caves and 7 pits, with a total passage length of 4170 m and a maximum depth of 61 m. The Cova Urbana de Tarragona, at 2441 m, is the longest. Limestone predominates (53).
The Tarragonès region has 63 catalogued caves, including 7 potholes and 56 caves. The longest is Cova Urbana de Tarragona (2,441m) and the deepest is Cova d'en Merla (61m). 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 Tarragonès contains 63 recorded cavities: 56 caves and 7 pits, with a total passage length of 4170 m and a maximum depth of 61 m. The dominant lithology is limestone, present in 53 cavities, followed by sandstones (6), dolomites (2), conglomerates (1) and clay (1).
The longest cavity is the Cova Urbana de Tarragona, at 2441 m, discovered by chance in 1996 during the construction of a car park on carrer del Gasòmetre, no. 32. It is followed by the Cova Fonda, at 286 m, and the Cova d'en Merla, at 180 m. As for depth, the Cova d'en Merla reaches 61 m, while the Cova Urbana de Tarragona reaches 58 m and the Pou de l'Encantament reaches 28 m.
Other notable cavities are the Coves del Lladre, at 92 m, and the Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la Móra, with a passage length of 55 m and a depth of 24 m. The comarca has 9 internal subdivisions.
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The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
The 20 longest
- 1Cova Urbana de TarragonaTarragona2,441 m
- 2Cova FondaSalomó, Tarragona286 m
- 3Cova d'en MerlaRoda de Berà, Tarragona180 m
- 4Coves del LladreSalou, Tarragona92 m
- 5Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la MóraTarragona55 m
- 6Foradades de la JoveraTarragona54 m
- 7Cova ManenaEl Catllar, Tarragona50 m
- 8Pou de l'EncantamentAltafulla, Tarragona47 m
- 9la Roca ForadadaTorredembarra, Tarragona46 m
- 10Cova de la Platja de la MóraTarragona41 m
- 11Cova de Cala FontSalou, Tarragona40 m
- 12Cova del NàutilTarragona35 m
- 13Coves del LloritoTarragona35 m
- 14Cova de PosidóTarragona34 m
- 15Cova Gran del RocTarragona31 m
- 16Túnel Submarí de la Punta de la MóraTarragona31 m
- 17Cova de la SavinosaTarragona30 m
- 18Cova del KrakenTarragona28 m
- 19Cova de TamaritTarragona27 m
- 20Cova CandiTarragona26 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova d'en MerlaRoda de Berà, Tarragona61 m
- 2Cova Urbana de TarragonaTarragona58 m
- 3Pou de l'EncantamentAltafulla, Tarragona28 m
- 4Avenc I Cova de la Cala de la MóraTarragona24 m
- 5Avenc Petit de l'EncantamentAltafulla, Tarragona16 m
- 6Cova FondaSalomó, Tarragona15 m
- 7Avenc d'en CamposTarragona10 m
- 8Avenc d'en FloressoRoda de Berà, Tarragona10 m
- 9Cova del GosTarragona9 m
- 10Cova de la SavinosaTarragona8 m
- 11Bufador del Pas de la Mala DonaSalou, Tarragona6 m
- 12Coves del LladreSalou, Tarragona6 m
- 13el BufadorTorredembarra, Tarragona6 m
- 14Cova de l'ArgonautaTarragona5 m
- 15Cova del ManouVespella de Gaià, Tarragona5 m
- 16Cova del TallafocsTarragona5 m
- 17Cova d'en DuranRoda de Berà, Tarragona4 m
- 18Cova de Cala FontSalou, Tarragona3 m
- 19Cova Petita de la FaringallaLa Nou de Gaià, Tarragona3 m
- 20Túnel Submarí de la Punta de la MóraTarragona3 m
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