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Caves of Torà

Torà, in the Solsonès, has 4 cavities: 3 pits and 1 cave, with 185 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 40 m. Avenc d'Enconills is the longest and deepest.

Torà has 4 catalogued caves, including 3 potholes and 1 caves. The longest is Avenc d'Enconills (128m). Most caves are found in gypsum.

4caves
185mtotal length
40mmax depth

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

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In the municipality of Torà, in the comarca of the Solsonès, 4 cavities have been catalogued: 3 pits and 1 cave. Together they total 185 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 40 metres. The lithologies present are gypsum, in 3 cases, and sandstones, in 1.

The most notable cavity is Avenc d'Enconills, with 128 metres of passage and 40 metres of depth; explored in 1968, it begins with a first inclined shaft of -11 metres and galleries that end at -40 metres. It is followed by Forat de la Fura, with 32 metres of passage and 14 metres of drop, with two entrances and lower galleries; Forat de la Coma d'en Bepo, with 20 metres of passage and 11 metres of depth, explored for the first time in 1980 by M. Marcelino and J.J. Cirés; and Bauma dels Voliacs, with 5 metres of passage, 20 metres of width and little more than 5 metres of depth, with a maximum central height of 2.44 metres.

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Avenc d'EnconillsTorà, Lleida128 m
  2. 2Forat de la FuraTorà, Lleida32 m
  3. 3Forat de la Coma d'en BepoTorà, Lleida20 m
  4. 4Bauma dels VoliacsTorà, Lleida5 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Avenc d'EnconillsTorà, Lleida40 m
  2. 2Forat de la FuraTorà, Lleida14 m
  3. 3Forat de la Coma d'en BepoTorà, Lleida11 m
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Name↕
Length↓
Depth↕
Municipality↕
Region↕
Avenc d'Enconills128 meters40 metersToràSolsonès
Forat de la Fura32 meters14 metersToràSolsonès
Forat de la Coma d'en Bepo20 meters11 metersToràSolsonès
Bauma dels Voliacs5 meters0 metersToràSolsonès

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