Grotte di Camarasa

Camarasa, a municipality in the comarca of the Noguera, brings together 55 catalogued cavities: 18 pits and 37 caves. The group totals 4,796 m of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 103 m. The lithologies present include limestone (44), dolomite (5), conglomerate (4), marl (1) and gypsum (1).

Among the most notable cavities is the Forat de l'Or, an important spring of 2,213 m of passage in the Terradets gorge, with 1,400 m submerged in load and a drop of 93.5 m. Other notable cavities are the Cova de l'Escaleta, of 265 m; the Cova del Tabac, of 198 m, known since ancient times and explored by Lluis M. Vidal in the 19th century; the Forat del Coscoll, a pit with a drop of 103 m located in 1973 with a continuation found in 2005 that places the current depth at -103 m; and the Avenc l'Estreta, 51 m deep, explored by the GELL in 1998.

Other cavities in the municipality are the Forat de l'Obaga de la Maçana, with a drop of 45 m and 142 m of passage, and the Avenc la Serp, of 38 m, discovered, cleared and explored by the GELL in 1998.