Caves and potholes in Travertine terrain
The travertines comprise 111 cavities: 96 caves and 15 pits, with a total length of 3409 m and a maximum depth of 60 m. Notable are the Coves del Mamut, the Grutes de les Deus and les Estunes.
There are 111 catalogued cavities in Travertine, including 15 potholes and 96 caves. The longest is Coves del Mamut (537m) and the deepest is Avenc del Tall (60m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Travertine is a carbonate rock that precipitates from calcium-rich waters, often at springs and waterfalls. It can encapsulate cavities and form tufa caves, as in the surroundings of Banyoles. This group comprises 111 cavities: 96 caves and 15 pits, with a total length of 3409 metres and a maximum depth of 60 metres.
Among the longest cavities are the Coves del Mamut, with 537 metres of length and an exterior fissure of 103 metres at Cabrera d'Anoia; the Grutes de les Deus, of 223 metres, at Sant Quintí de Mediona; and les Estunes, of 210 metres, near the estany de Banyoles (Porqueres), surveyed on 17 June 1981. The maximum depth corresponds to the Avenc del Tall, of 60 metres, at Martís (Esponellà).
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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
- 1Coves del MamutCabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona537 m
- 2Grutes de les DeusSant Quintí de Mediona, Barcelona223 m
- 3les EstunesPorqueres, Girona210 m
- 4Avenc del TallEsponellà, Girona168 m
- 5M-15/15'Cabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona142 m
- 6Cova del Bon PastorBigues i Riells, Barcelona120 m
- 7Cova de Mariver de MartísEsponellà, Girona110 m
- 8Cova del TempleCarme, Barcelona103 m
- 9Cova de les Encantades de MartísEsponellà, Girona76 m
- 10Cova dels EncantatsSerinyà, Girona69 m
- 11Cova del PouCarme, Barcelona68 m
- 12Baumes de les IllesEsparreguera, Barcelona64 m
- 13Cova del BressolCarme, Barcelona62 m
- 14Cova de Sant Miquel del FaiBigues i Riells, Barcelona60 m
- 15Cova de la TorreSant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona47 m
- 16Cova de la CalaveraMont-ral, Tarragona46 m
- 17Balma del CaSant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona45 m
- 18el Pont CabradísGósol, Lleida45 m
- 19Cova del TovancOlvan, Barcelona42 m
- 20M-11/11'Cabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona42 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Avenc del TallEsponellà, Girona60 m
- 2Coves del MamutCabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona24 m
- 3Cova del Bon PastorBigues i Riells, Barcelona22 m
- 4Cova de les Encantades de MartísEsponellà, Girona21 m
- 5Cova de RosetSaldes, Barcelona17 m
- 6M-15/15'Cabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona17 m
- 7la ToscaCamprodon, Girona16 m
- 8Avenc RubricataEsparreguera, Barcelona15 m
- 9M-11/11'Cabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona13 m
- 10Cova de Can CòdolVacarisses, Barcelona12 m
- 11Cova Falsa de la Casa FalsaFigaró-Montmany, Barcelona12 m
- 12Cova de l'ArbredaSerinyà, Girona11 m
- 13Cova dels EncantatsSerinyà, Girona11 m
- 14Cova de la CaulaBoadella i les Escaules, Girona10 m
- 15Cova del BacFigaró-Montmany, Barcelona10 m
- 16Cova de Mariver de MartísEsponellà, Girona10 m
- 17Esquerda C del Castell de CabreraCabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona10 m
- 18les EstunesPorqueres, Girona10 m
- 19Cova de Mariver de Martís Nº2Esponellà, Girona8 m
- 20Avenc M-2Cabrera d'Anoia, Barcelona7 m
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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/