Caves of Vallirana
Vallirana, in the Baix Llobregat, brings together 125 cavities: 97 pits and 28 caves, with 4,088 metres of total passage and 184 metres of maximum depth. The Avenc dels Esquirols is the longest and the deepest.
Vallirana has 125 catalogued caves, including 97 potholes and 28 caves. The longest is Avenc dels Esquirols (430m). Most caves are found in dolomite.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Vallirana, a municipality in the Baix Llobregat, gathers 125 catalogued cavities: 97 pits and 28 caves. The group totals 4,088 metres of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 184 metres. The recorded lithologies are limestone, with 60 cavities, and dolomite, with 65.
The Avenc dels Esquirols is the longest cavity, with 430 metres, and also the deepest, with 184 metres; it has two entrances, shafts of 23, 8, 42, 9, 21, 16, 36, 18, 22, 13, 30 and 25 metres, and the directa, Montesinos and Esquirols routes. It is followed in length by the Avenc Pompeu Fabra, with 360 metres and 104 metres of drop, and the Esquerda Nº3 del Mas de les Fonts, with 220 metres and 53 metres of depth, the deepest and most complex of the group of fissures of the Mas de les Fonts.
Other notable cavities are the Avenc Abat Escarré, of 210 metres and 83 metres of depth, with two routes, explored by the ERE de l'AEC de Vallirana in the years 1969-1970 and with records of Troglocharinus Ferreri, and the Avenc Marcel, of 146 metres and 58 metres of depth, discovered in 1982 during the concreting of an electrical tower of FECSA.
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The 20 longest
- 1Avenc dels EsquirolsVallirana, Barcelona430 m
- 2Avenc Pompeu FabraVallirana, Barcelona360 m
- 3Esquerda Nº3 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona220 m
- 4Avenc Abat EscarréVallirana, Barcelona210 m
- 5Avenc MarcelVallirana, Barcelona146 m
- 6Avenc Gran de les AlzinesVallirana, Barcelona120 m
- 7Avenc del Marge del MoroVallirana, Barcelona112 m
- 8Cova de les CasetesVallirana, Barcelona106 m
- 9Avenc del PèlecVallirana, Barcelona97 m
- 10Esquerda Nº1 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona95 m
- 11Avenc PomarVallirana, Barcelona90 m
- 12Cova de Puig BernatVallirana, Barcelona78 m
- 13Avenc del Pla de BassiolesVallirana, Barcelona75 m
- 14Avenc del XicletVallirana, Barcelona71 m
- 15Avenc dels GeòlegsVallirana, Barcelona65 m
- 16Avenc de la Bassa de la LlacunaVallirana, Barcelona64 m
- 17Esquerda Nº2 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona63 m
- 18Avenc dels ArqueòlegsVallirana, Barcelona62 m
- 19Avenc T-38Vallirana, Barcelona57 m
- 20Cova-avenc d'OrdalVallirana, Barcelona55 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc dels EsquirolsVallirana, Barcelona184 m
- 2Avenc Pompeu FabraVallirana, Barcelona104 m
- 3Avenc Abat EscarréVallirana, Barcelona83 m
- 4Avenc Gran de les AlzinesVallirana, Barcelona70 m
- 5Avenc del Pla de BassiolesVallirana, Barcelona62 m
- 6Avenc MarcelVallirana, Barcelona58 m
- 7Esquerda Nº3 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona53 m
- 8Avenc de la Bassa de la LlacunaVallirana, Barcelona52 m
- 9Esquerda Nº2 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona51 m
- 10Avenc dels ArqueòlegsVallirana, Barcelona46 m
- 11Esquerda Nº1 del Mas de les FontsVallirana, Barcelona38 m
- 12Avenc del Marge del MoroVallirana, Barcelona37 m
- 13Avenc T-38Vallirana, Barcelona34 m
- 14Avenc de la VerdorVallirana, Barcelona32 m
- 15Avenc PomarVallirana, Barcelona32 m
- 16Avenc del C.e.v.Vallirana, Barcelona30 m
- 17Avenc dels GeòlegsVallirana, Barcelona30 m
- 18Avenc del XicletVallirana, Barcelona30 m
- 19Avenc de Basses RogesVallirana, Barcelona25 m
- 20Avenc de les PortesVallirana, Barcelona23 m
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/