A natural waterhole. Cenote is a corruption by the Spanish of the Maya word dzonot, a sink-hole created when limestone caves collapse. Water in cenotes is filtered through limestone and was one of the main sources of drinking water.
A sinkhole formed by underground water eroding away limestone. The ceiling collapses, allowing access to the water below. Cenotes were the primary source of water in the Yucatan peninsula.
A natural waterhole. Cenote is a corruption by the Spanish of the Maya word dzonot, a large circular sink-hole created by the collapse of limestone caves. The water in cenotes is filtered through limestone and constituted one of the primary sources of drinking water for the Maya. Patterns of settlement among the early Maya often followed the location of cenotes.
A type of steep walled, collapse doline that extends below the water table so as to contain a pool or lake.
a exposed underground river which appears to be a lake or pond
a fresh-water filled sinkhole, and the Yucatan Peninsula is full of them
a fresh water spring that bubbles up from the ground
a kind of sweet water lake in a cave, most of the times underneath the ground
a natural hole in limestone bedrock -- a sinkhole -- with water at the bottom of it
an underground cave system that is a kind of sink-hole
an underground fresh water river
an underground river or well that comes to the surface
a sinkhole in a limestone bed, but it reminded us of a quarry
a sinkhole that works as an entrance to a cave system
a special case of the collapse doline that contains a water-table pool
a subterranean river of fresh water and it's quite gorgeous with cool caves and lusciously cool water to jump in
a whole in the ground with spring-water in it
(Maya) A natural sinkhole that forms in limestone and often fills with water. At the Maya city of Chichén Itzá (in present day Mexico), the largest cenote was considered a sacred site by many native peoples and offerings were made there in both pre-Hispanic and colonial times.
Cenote (pronounced in Mexican Spanish seh-no-teh and in English say-no-tay, plural: cenotes) is the name given in Central America and southern Mexico to a type of freshwater-filled limestone sinkhole. The name derives from a Mayan word, dz'onot. The term is also nowadays commonly used to describe similar karst features in other countries such as Australia, where they are commonly called simply sinkholes and contain deep non-flowing lakes of crystal-clear freshwater which attract cave divers from around the world.
