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The Mystic Cenotes: Sacred Waters of the Maya
M ost of the Yucatan is a hard lime- A Cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole
stone with the highest elevation resulting from the collapse of lime-
656 feet above sea level. Rainwater on its stone bedrock that exposes groundwater
return to the sea has broken open gaps in underneath. Cenotes are natural wells
the subsurface, forming cavities, cenotes found in the jungles of the Yucatan Pen-
and an extensive network of underground insula, a large region of porous limestone
rivers. and underground rivers.
