Biospeleology of the Piemonte |
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TECHNICAL CARD Furnaces Cave (1010 Pi/CN)
Commune: |
Rossana, Fornaci Vecchie |
Valley: |
Varaita - Maira |
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Mons: |
Pagliano |
Map I.G.M.: |
79 I SE Venasca |
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Coordinates: |
long.: 5°01’22"lat.: 44°31’54 " |
Quota: |
554 m a.s.l. |
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Length: |
195 m |
Difference in level: |
-5 +3 m |
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Lithotype: |
Crystal marble limestones |
TECHNICAL CARD Partisans Cave of Rossana (1024 Pi/CN)
Commune: |
Rossana, Fornaci Vecchie |
Valley: |
Varaita - Maira |
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Mons: |
Pagliano |
Map I.G.M.: |
79 I SE Venasca |
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Coordinates: |
long.: 5° 01’15"lat.: 44°32’06" |
Quota: |
615 m a.s.l. |
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Length: |
62 m |
Difference in level: |
-33 m |
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Lithotype: |
Crystal marble limestones |
The Partisans Cave is a fissure enlarged by percolation waters, situated over the built-up area of Rossana; above the entrance has been built a farmer house active until some dozen of years ago. In fact, in the entrance of the cave has been made the cellar of the house.
The fauna of this cavity is similar to the near Furnaces Cave (1010 Pi/CN), situated under the limestone mine along the road of the valley floor.
Remarkable is the presence of Doderotrechus casalei, Insect Trechinae discovered by Achille Casale in 1967, a true living fossil. In these caves lives also a Leptodirinae, Parabathyscia dematteisi
Going in the Partisans Cave, the more impressive thing is the presence of a large number of troglophile grasshoppers, Dolichopoda ligustica
Moreover the author found a lot of Araneae Linyphiidae, probably Troglohyphantes sp., and a discreet population of Pimoa rupicola
and Meta merianae
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