The stream of Mura grows and becomes scenic from the farmhouse of Sant Esteve de Vilarasa onwards because the joining of the stream of Talamanca and the proximity of the Llobregat river at a low level that pushes to deepen the valley. Downstream from Sant Esteve de Vilarasa, the stream of Mura proofs its potential for erosion on the hard rocks of marine origin and light colour.
The images show 3 sequential points of the stream of Mura beyond Sant Esteve de Vilarasa.
In the 1st image, the stream of Mura cuts a thick and consistent layer of nodular and fossiliferous limestone of coralline origin, jumps and falls over a large pond. Bulrushes (Typha latifolia) grow on the opposite to the waterfall side of the pond, on a muddy instead of rocky soil.
In the 2nd image, a bit further downstream, there is a second waterfall with its pool of clear water, though smaller because the rock has changed to a sandstone.
In the 3rd image, the stream crossing the stratification in thin and not so compact layers of sandstone carves a landscape in leaflets and a wide bed that goes down in small stairs over which water dances.
The stream of Mura is also named stream of Nespres in its headwaters and stream of Sant Esteve in its further down stretch. From Sant Esteve de Vilarasa to the end in the river Llobregat in Els Tres Salts, the stream of Mura is the boundary between the municipalities of Talamanca on the right side and El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort on the left side.
[photos Jordi Badia]