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Grotte di Olius

Olius, in the Solsonès, brings together 5 caves —all rock shelters— with 42 metres of total passage and 1 metre of maximum depth. All five are in sandstone. The longest is the Balma de les Cabres de Pallarès, at 18 metres.

Olius conta 5 grotte catalogate, tra cui 5 grotte. La più lunga è Balma de les Cabres de Pallarès (18 m) e la più profonda è Balma de la Font de l'hostal de les Forques (1 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in arenaria.

5 grotte
42 m sviluppo totale
1m 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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Olius, a municipality in the Solsonès, has 5 caves, all of them rock shelters. Together they total 42 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 1 metre. All five are developed in sandstone.

The longest cave is the Balma de les Cabres de Pallarès, with 18 metres of passage and a large sandstone rock visor 60 metres wide in the shape of a half-moon. It is followed by the Balma Aleix, with 10 metres of passage and a floor plan of 2X8 metres at its base; the Balma de la Font Salada, a parabolic rock shelter of 30 metres on the torrent de Ribalta; the Balma de la Font de l'hostal de les Forques, a small rock shelter with a lot of formation located beside the font de l'Hostal de les Forques; and the Balma de la Font de Sant Ferran, a small rock shelter in sandstone terrain formed by the erosion of the water of the torrent.

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