Caves of Vacarisses
Vacarisses, in the Vallès Occidental, contains 15 cavities: 8 pits and 7 caves, with 367 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 36 m. Notable are the Avenc de la Canal de Mura and la Saiola, in the Serra de l'Obac.
Vacarisses has 15 catalogued caves, including 8 potholes and 7 caves. The longest is Avenc de la Canal de Mura (100m). Most caves are found in conglomerate.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Vacarisses, a municipality in the Vallès Occidental, has 15 catalogued cavities: 8 pits and 7 caves. Together they total 367 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 36 metres. The dominant lithologies are conglomerates, present in 13 cavities, with one travertine and one sandstone.
The longest cavity is the Avenc de la Canal de Mura, at 100 metres, which is also the deepest, with 36 metres of depth in the Serra l'Obac; it has an entrance of 1 x 0.5 metres, shafts, chimneys and galleries, was mentioned in 1935 and explored in 1961 and 1980, and hosts cave fauna. It is followed by la Saiola, a temporary spring of 63 metres, and the Cova de la Canal del Solitari, of 29 metres, discovered in April 1973 by two members of the SIS of the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa.
Other notable cavities are the Forat dels Despistats, of 25 metres, and the Cova dels Lladres, of 20 metres, a Neolithic Epicardial burial cave known since remote times. Among the deepest are the Avenc de Rosseguers, of 12 metres, the Avenc d'Alzina Teresa and the Escletxa del Paller de Tot l'any, both of 7 metres.
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc de la Canal de MuraVacarisses, Barcelona100 m
- 2la SaiolaVacarisses, Barcelona63 m
- 3Cova de la Canal del SolitariVacarisses, Barcelona29 m
- 4Forat dels DespistatsVacarisses, Barcelona25 m
- 5Cova de Can CòdolVacarisses, Barcelona22 m
- 6Cova dels LladresVacarisses, Barcelona20 m
- 7Escletxa del Paller de Tot l'anyVacarisses, Barcelona20 m
- 8Avenc de RosseguersVacarisses, Barcelona19 m
- 9Cova dels MatinersVacarisses, Barcelona18 m
- 10Avenc del Queixal del PorcVacarisses, Barcelona16 m
- 11Avenc d'Alzina TeresaVacarisses, Barcelona14 m
- 12Cova del JandetVacarisses, Barcelona12 m
- 13Forat del Serrat dels GinebrersVacarisses, Barcelona12 m
- 14Balma Gran de SananaVacarisses, Barcelona11 m
- 15Cova de les MercèsVacarisses, Barcelona8 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc de la Canal de MuraVacarisses, Barcelona36 m
- 2la SaiolaVacarisses, Barcelona22 m
- 3Avenc de RosseguersVacarisses, Barcelona12 m
- 4Cova de Can CòdolVacarisses, Barcelona12 m
- 5Avenc d'Alzina TeresaVacarisses, Barcelona7 m
- 6Escletxa del Paller de Tot l'anyVacarisses, Barcelona7 m
- 7Avenc del Queixal del PorcVacarisses, Barcelona6 m
- 8Cova dels MatinersVacarisses, Barcelona6 m
- 9Forat dels DespistatsVacarisses, Barcelona5 m
- 10Cova dels LladresVacarisses, Barcelona4 m
- 11Forat del Serrat dels GinebrersVacarisses, Barcelona3 m
- 12Cova de les MercèsVacarisses, Barcelona2 m
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