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Lezegalde

Vertical pit 40 m deep with about 300 m of galleries in Iribas, with a large entrance, carbonate chambers, an eroded riverbed and a final lake closed by a sump.

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Vertical pit 40 m deep with about 300 m of galleries in Iribas, with a large entrance, carbonate chambers, an eroded riverbed and a final lake closed by a sump.

Caratteristiche

Località

In the municipality of Iribas, taking the path that leads to the spring on the northern spur of Aralar, near the supply channel, about 30 minutes from the village.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Lezegalde

    Quota: 600 m

    42.984827, -1.905501
    UTM 30T (ED 50) 589340 4759920
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The pit has a large entrance and a depth of 10 m, continuing afterwards through horizontal galleries. At 25 metres from the entrance there is a large accumulation of rounded pebbles. Once past this, one enters a wide chamber 50 m long by 15 wide, whose floor is full of large blocks. There are heavy tree trunks embedded among the rocks and at a great height. One continues through a narrow passage that opens onto a stepped section with stalagmitic formations and tours, which are arranged over an extent of 45 m in length by 12 in width. Further on, the cave takes on large proportions: 40 metres long by 50 wide and 30 high. The floor has an inclination of 35º. The total depth is 40 metres and it has a network of galleries of about 300 m.

Concrezioni

The wide chamber has a large coating of carbonates. The stepped section has stalagmitic formations and tours. The area of large proportions is covered with carbonates.

Idrologia

It continues along a riverbed where great swirling erosion can be seen and whose floor is covered with rounded pebbles; this riverbed has a length of 100 m and an average width of 5. At the end of the route one reaches the shore of a lake of 16 m by 25 and a depth of 6. About 25 m from this, in the left side wall, a conduit has its origin, 5 metres long by 2 wide and 2 high, with smooth walls of recent formation, a large number of leaves and branches being found in a good state of preservation. At the end of this tube there is a closure in a sump.

Progressione

To reach the area covered with carbonates it is necessary to descend a 10 m vertical. The route continues through a narrow passage, a stepped section, a riverbed and ascends in level to that area, to end at the shore of the lake.

Storia

1953: Institución Príncipe de Viana. 1991: Biology. 1988: Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi de San Sebastián. 1991: Investigation and cleaning of contamination, G. Otxola. 1991: Biological Study of Cave Lichens (CALVO-ARBIZU-BEATRIZ). 2006/7: Departamento de Obras Públicas.

Paleontology: animal remains.

Note biospeleologiche

Lezegalde-Iribas. Crustacea. Isopoda, Acari, Arachnida, Pseudosinella, Catopidae, Coleoptera, Collembola.

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Fonte: Gobierno de Navarra – Catálogo espeleológico de Navarra (datosabiertos.navarra.es), modificato. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Gobierno de Navarra · dati aggiornati a 2022