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Surgència de Fontalba

Intermittent spring with a 15-metre course in the Montsant (Ulldemolins), at the racó de Fontalba.

Ulldemolins • Priorat 15m

Intermittent spring with a 15-metre course in the Montsant (Ulldemolins), at the racó de Fontalba.

Caratteristiche

Località

At the racó de Fontalba, about 50 metres below the cliff face, and about 200 metres above the active spring, which is captured for the water supply of the village of Ulldemolins. To reach the cavity, one need only ascend from the spring, the tufa gully, until reaching the entrances. Approximate coordinates.

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Ingressi

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  1. Fontalba, Surgència de

    Quota: 920 m

    41.301311, 0.874479
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 322146 4574589
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Descrizione

Morfologia

At the end of the tufa bed, two small entrances open; only the right-hand one is penetrable. This gives way to a very narrow gallery, with a general SW direction and a very broken course. At 15 metres there is a small widening, where a block prevents passage through the very narrow joint that follows.

Idrologia

The cavity acts as an overflow of the Fontalba spring. The cavity is only active in times of heavy rainfall; the water descends down a tufa bed on a steep slope. In major floods the water current is spectacular and visible from a great distance.

Progressione

Access to the final sections is very difficult due to the sudden changes of direction of the gallery and the small dimensions of the whole.

Storia

Explored between 1982 and 1984 by the GES del CM Terrassa, based on the indications of some friends of theirs (J. Ciurans, R. Rius and J. Roca).

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Bibliografia

  1. Boixader, J. I altres. (1985).-”Les cavitats dels voltants d'Ulldemolins”. GES (4):54-61. GES-CM Terrassa.
  2. Farrús,M.;Satorra,A.;Pérez,Ll.(1999).-Resultats de les campanyes del grup espeleològic lleidatà a la serra del Montsant. Anys 1995-1997. El Montsant” Grallera (5):5-44. GELL-CE Lleida.

Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/