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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 ...
Looking down into the cenote. The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 26 metres (85 ft) below ground level. It is about 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter and about 48 metres (157 ft) deep. [1] A carved stairway leads down to a swimming platform. Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya [2] ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid.
These cenotes differ from other karst landforms in the south east of South Australia by their relative depth (i.e. as deep as 125 metres (410 ft) in one cenote), the absence of any underwater phreatic passages and a different water chemistry. It is theorised that these cenotes were formed by the collapse of large underground water-filled ...
The cenote was once the city’s water source. [4] The cenote is in a partially collapsed cavern. [3] The cave is 150 feet across and 260 feet deep. [1] There are some stalactites on the ceiling of the cave. [3] There is a sloped passage with stairs carved from the rock that lead down to the water. [1] It is larger and more open than most other ...
Welcome to our literature quiz! Question 1 is fairly easy, Question 3 rather difficult. (1) What is the title of the novel in which an English family tries to abduct a child from its home in Italy so that it can be raised in England?
2018 Surabaya City sinkhole – a 30 m (98 ft) wide and 15 m (49 ft) deep sinkhole opened up on Gubeng Road in Surabaya, Indonesia during construction work on December 18, 2018. 2022 Tierra Amarilla sinkhole – a 25 m (80 ft) wide and more than 200 m (700 ft) deep sinkhole appeared in the commune of Tierra Amarilla , Atacama Region of Chile ...
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