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Grotte di Riu de Cerdanya

Riu de Cerdanya, in Cerdanya, has 7 cavities: 2 pits and 5 caves, with a total length of 177 metres and a maximum depth of 22 metres. Balma de Segalars is the longest, at 80 metres.

Riu de Cerdanya conta 7 grotte catalogate, tra cui 2 pozzi e 5 grotte. La più lunga è Balma de Segalars (80 m) e la più profonda è Avenc-balma del Serrat de les Esposes (22 m). La maggior parte delle grotte si trova in calcare.

7 grotte
177 m sviluppo totale
22m 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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The municipality of Riu de Cerdanya, in the comarca of Cerdanya, contains 7 catalogued cavities: 2 pits and 5 caves. Together they total 177 metres of length and reach a maximum depth of 22 metres. All the known cavities develop in limestone.

Among the cavities most notable for their length are Balma de Segalars, at 80 metres, a large rock shelter near the refugi del Serrat de les Esposes with an entrance 40 metres wide and 9 metres high; Avenc-balma del Serrat de les Esposes, at 35 metres, some 30 metres wide and with a 17-metre shaft; and Cova Gran del Grau de l'ós, at 28 metres, in the barranc del Grau de l'Ós. Other cavities are Avenc del Niu, at 12 metres, and Xemeneia Lateral del Grau de l'ós, at 10 metres.

As for depth, Avenc-balma del Serrat de les Esposes reaches 22 metres, followed by Balma de Segalars at 16 metres, Avenc del Niu and Cova Gran del Grau de l'ós at 9 metres each, and Xemeneia Lateral del Grau de l'ós at 6 metres.

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