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Grotte di Beuda

Beuda, in the Garrotxa, has 9 cavities: 8 caves and 1 pit, with 1130 m of total passage and a maximum depth of 23 m. The Cova de la Mosquera, at 962 m, is the longest. Limestone (6) and gypsum (3) predominate.

Beuda conta 9 grotte catalogate, tra cui 1 pozzo e 8 grotte. La più lunga è Cova de la Mosquera (962 m) e la più profonda è Forat de Malveí (23 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in calcare.

9 grotte
1,3 km sviluppo totale
23m profondità massima

Lo sviluppo conta ogni grotta una volta (un sistema conta una volta), e la profondità è quella della grotta più profonda, canyon esclusi.

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Beuda, a municipality in the Garrotxa, has 9 catalogued cavities: 8 caves and 1 pit. Together they total 1130 m of passage and reach a maximum depth of 23 m. The lithologies present are limestone, with 6 cavities, and gypsum, with 3.

The longest cavity is the Cova de la Mosquera, with 962 m of passage and a height difference of 20 m (+19/-1), which includes an underground river and contamination from pig slurry. The Forat de Malveí is the deepest pit, with 23 m of depth, on the SE slope of the Puig de Malveí, explored on 6 March 1993 by the GEB. Other notable cavities are the Cova del Lladre, with 30 m of passage in gypsum, and the Cova del Carlí, with 20 m of passage and a height difference of -3.4 m at Falgars.

The group of the Cingles de la Tossa d'espinau includes three shelters; the Bauma Nº1 dels Cingles de la Tossa d'espinau has 9 m of depth and is the westernmost, while the Bauma Nº3 dels Cingles de la Tossa d'espinau, with 4 m of depth, was explored by the GEB on 17 April 1993.

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