Cova Savarneda

Cavity with 23 metres of vertical drop and 125 metres of passage in the municipality of Soriguera, known as cova del Drac.

Soriguera • Pallars Sobirà 125m 23m

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Cova Savarneda

Cavity with 23 metres of vertical drop and 125 metres of passage in the municipality of Soriguera, known as cova del Drac.

Soriguera · Pallars Sobirà

Sviluppo: 125 m · Profondità: 23 m

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Cavity with 23 metres of vertical drop and 125 metres of passage in the municipality of Soriguera, known as cova del Drac.

Caratteristiche

Tipo: Grotta
Comune: Soriguera
Regione: Pallars Sobirà
Unità: Alt Pallars
Sviluppo: 125 metri
Profondità: 23 metri
Unità principale: Pirineu Axial
Litologia: Gesso
Aggiornato su EspeleoÍndex: 8 novembre 2017

Località

On the N-260 road from Pobla de Segur towards Sort, once past kilometre 283 and less than 3 kilometres before reaching Sort, we turn right onto the LV-5131 road; following this road, once we have crossed the river, after about 400 metres we reach the Cases de Savarneda. The cave is at the rear of these, but within their enclosure. Between the house and a large semi-covered stable with livestock, located to the left of the house, there is a kind of street with two fences to prevent the livestock from getting out; at the end of the street you must turn right behind the house, where we find a new fence and a sign indicating that we are on private property. Once past the fence, on the left we find a low wall with a metal grille door, which gives access to the cavity by means of some stairs.

Ingressi

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Savarneda, Cova
Quota: 689 m
42.388091, 1.128816
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 345975 4694562
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Descrizione

Morfologia

By a stone staircase one descends through the wide entrance down to the floor, where this forms a pronounced ramp until reaching a chamber about 25 metres in diameter. On the left of the chamber we reach the lowest point of the cavity, -23 metres. Continuing south, we find a small chamber with two continuations; on the left it continues for a few metres through a crawlway until it sumps; on the right a gallery continues until reaching a conduit totally eroded by water, in which materials such as Gypsum and Slate stand out. The continuation remains obstructed by collapses.

Idrologia

At the lowest point of the cavity, -23 metres, we find a water level about 3 metres deep by two metres wide and about 15 metres long.

Progressione

By a stone staircase one descends through the wide entrance down to the floor. Once past the fence, on the left we find a low wall with a metal grille door, which gives access to the cavity by means of some stairs.

Storia

This cavity is known in the region as cova del Drac. Known forever and used by the people of the house as a pantry, inside the staircase for accessing it and the building are still preserved. Speleologically, until the 90s there was only news of the cave from some exploration note or biospeleological citations, although it was quite visited by cavers. At the end of the 1980s it is surveyed by GIRES, but this was not published until 1993. In 1990 it is surveyed again by SIE-CEA.

Toponym: The name “Saverneda” was given to it because it appeared recorded in the old editions of the maps of the area; at least, in the same farmhouse we can see the old signage made in wrought iron, naming it “Sabarneda”. According to the gazetteer of toponymy of Catalonia, the correct name is that of “Savarneda”.

Note biospeleologiche

Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Pallaresiella pallaresana (Jeannel): 16 specimens, 29-X-2017, Serrano-Roca leg.

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Bibliografia

GIRES (1993).-”Cova Saverneda”. Passamà (1):51. GIRES. Sant Esteve de Sesrovires
Rubinat, Francesc; Ametller, Jaume (1990).-"Cova Saverneda" Fulls Periòdics d'Informació General. (31):12. Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.

Actualització de la fitxa el novembre de 2017. Dades aportades per Montse Roca i Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA), amb Arcadia Cabanas i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).