Cenote
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cenote-207-1156873
title:
Cenote
text:
A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting when a collapse of limestone bedrock exposes groundwater. The term originated on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where the ancient Maya commonly used cenotes for water supplies, and occasionally for sacrificial offerings. The name derives from a word used by the lowland Yucatec Maya—tsʼonoʼot—to refer to any location with accessible groundwater. In Mexico the Yucatán Peninsula alone has an estimated 10,000 cenotes, water-filled sinkholes natural
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Natural pit or sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenote
date created:
2004-09-14T19:03:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:03:55Z
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