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Zacatón is a thermal water-filled sinkhole belonging to the Zacatón system – a group of unusual karst features located in Aldama Municipality near the Sierra de Tamaulipas in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. At a total depth of 339 meters (1,112 ft), it is one of the deepest known water-filled sinkholes in the world.
Aldama is a municipality of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. According to the census of 2010, the municipality had an area of 3,672 square kilometres (1,418 sq mi) and a population of 29,470, including the town of Aldama with a population of 13,661.
As many as 2.7 million electricity customers in the Houston area are left without power in the storm's aftermath, representing the most extensive power outage suffered by CenterPoint Energy. [184] Rainfall accumulations of 8–12 in (200–300 mm) cover the Houston area, [185] reaching as high as 14.88 in (378 mm) in Hilshire Village. [183]
In the lowland southeast of the Sierra, in the municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas is a limestone karst area associated with the karstic areas of the Sierra de Tamaulipas, in which many caves and cenotes (water-filled sinkholes) are found, including Zacatón which is the deepest sinkhole in the world with a depth of 339 metres (1,112 ft). [4]
English: El Zacatón, a cenote (water-filled sinkhole) with free floating grass island (lower right), Municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22.9933°N, 98.1655°W, 209 m.). Photographed on 26 October 2004 by William L. Farr.
Tamaulipas, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, [b] is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities .
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The Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge, also known as B&M International Bridge, and Express Bridge, is one of three international bridges that cross the U.S.-Mexico border between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.