Ezigidini zeminyaka eyedlule inhlonhlo yaseYucatan yavela olwandle njengetshe le-limestone lapho ubukhona bemifula bungeke kwenzeke khona.
Ngokulandelayo, ngaphezu kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka, imvula ingena kuleli dwala elikhulu futhi amanzi angena enhlabathini engaphansi, lapho akha khona imigudu eyiqiniso yona ebhoboza izingqimba ezijulile. Ama-cenotes angumphumela wale nqubo; avela lapho amanzi omhlabathi ongaphansi evezwa lapho kukhiqizwa ukuwa kwemigodi eyenziwe yimisinga engaphansi komhlaba.
Kunama-cenotes amancane anesibuko samanzi cishe ezingeni lomhlabathi, noma amakhulu kakhulu "anenhlamvu" ephezulu phakathi komhlaba namanzi. Njengoba bebeyikho futhi futhi namuhla bengumthombo wokuphakelwa kwabantu, esikhathini esedlule babebhekwa njengendawo yokuhlala onkulunkulu bamanzi, ngakho-ke, babeyinto yokukhonzwa nokuhlonishwa.
Umthombo: Amathiphu avela e-Aeroméxico No. 16 Quintana Roo / summer 2000
