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  2. Sacred Cenote - Wikipedia

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    The region is pockmarked with natural sinkholes, called cenotes, which expose the water table to the surface. One of the most impressive of these is the Sacred Cenote, which is 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter [ 5 ] and surrounded by sheer cliffs that drop to the water table some 27 metres (89 ft) below.

  3. Cenote - Wikipedia

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    A cenote (English: / s ɪ ˈ n oʊ t i / or / s ɛ ˈ n oʊ t eɪ /; Latin American Spanish:) 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 ...

  4. Ik Kil - Wikipedia

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    Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya [2] ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid. Ik Kil was considered sacred by the Maya who used the site as a location for human sacrifice to their rain god, Chaac. Bones and pieces of jewelry have been found in the waters of the cenote by archaeologists and speleologists. [3]

  5. Sistema Dos Ojos - Wikipedia

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    The exploration of Dos Ojos began in 1987 and still continues. The surveyed extent of the cave system is 82 kilometers (51 mi) [1] and there are 28 known sinkhole entrances, which are locally called cenotes. In January 2018, a connection was found between Sistema Dos Ojos and Sistema Sac Actun. [2]

  6. Growing giant sinkhole threatens Mexican homes

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    A 230 foot sinkhole has appeared in southeastern Mexico where it's threatening to swallow a nearby house. The giant sinkhole, in Puebla state, started as a 16-foot hole but has grown steadily to ...

  7. Sinkholes take time to develop, most people just don't notice

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    Contracting firm J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc. was called in to handle the sinkhole that developed late Sunday in Delran. A 24-inch sewer main collapsed on Leon Avenue near Fifth Street.

  8. Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a ...

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    Along with three perforated giant sloth bones found in Brazil that archaeologists believe humans used as pendants 25,000 to 27,000 years ago, the butchered armadillo bones suggest that humans were ...

  9. Sima de las Cotorras - Wikipedia

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    Sima de las Cotorras (in English: Sinkhole of the Parrots/Parakeets) is a sinkhole located in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve in western Chiapas, southern Mexico.It is one of a number of sinkholes in the area, all produced by tectonic and erosive processes on the region's limestone.