Uhambo luqala maphakathi neTabasco lubheke enhlonhlweni yaseYucatan naseCaribbean.
KuHighway 180, obulokhu ugudla iGulf of Mexico, uqhubeka ubheke enyakatho uye eXicalango naseZacatal, lena itheku eliphambi kweCiudad del Carmen, eCampeche. Ngasogwini lwalesi sifunda kunezindawo ezinjengeFrontera emlonyeni we-Usumacinta ne-El Miramar spa, amakhilomitha angama-20 entshonalanga yalelo chweba.
Lolu hambo lomgwaqo luzomboza cishe ama-300,000 km², ithafa eligubuzela inhlonhlo yaseYucatan, liyinhlabathi yelitje okuthiwa lavela olwandle futhi ngokwewashi lomhlaba lomhlaba alinaso isikhathi esincane.
Emgwaqweni omkhulu u-186, osuka e-Villahermosa sisuka ePalenque naseTenosique ngemuva ukuze sithathe umgwaqo ohamba ngomkhumbi osiyisa eCiudad del Carmen, amakhilomitha angama-300 ukusuka enhlokodolobha yaseTabasco. Lo mgwaqo omkhulu uqhubeka ubheke enyakatho bese uya enyakatho-ntshonalanga, ufinyelela ogwini lweGulf of Mexico eSabancuy.
ISabancuy yidolobha eliseduze nesiziba esinegama elifanayo, livela eLaguna de Terminos. Emgwaqweni siqhubeka phakathi komfula nolwandle, sibheke eningizimu-ntshonalanga, siwela ibhuloho elingaphezu kwebha yePuerto Real eshiya e-Isla del Carmen, lapha amaMaya neNahuas babenendawo yabo yokuhweba.
ICiudad del Carmen inesifunda sayo sangekhulu le-18 elinikezelwe iVirgen del Carmen futhi kuseyindawo yabathengisi. Esiqhingini ungajabulela amabhishi e-El Caracol, iLa Maniagua, i-El Playón neBenjamín. Imidlalo yamanzi yenziwa eLaguna de Terminos, lapha imifula nayo igeleza, yamukela izilwane.
Ukuqhubeka kwamakhilomitha angama-65 ngemuva kweSabancuy, sizithola siseChampotón, indawo lapho uGonzalo Guerrero, aphendukela khona umphathi waseMayan waseChetumal, wehlula amasosha kaHernández de Córdova, kubandakanya noBernal Díaz del Castillo, isosha eliqopha umlando. I-Champotón isemlonyeni womfula wegama elifanayo.
Ukuqhubeka ngasenyakatho ngamakhilomitha ayi-14 emgwaqeni kunendlela eya emanxiweni e-Edzná, elinye lamadolobha abaluleke kakhulu eMayan enkathi yeLate Classic. Ohlangothini lwasogwini ufika eSeybaplaya bese kuba yiCampeche.
Ngokuphambene sinokuthi phakathi kweChampotón nenhlokodolobha yombuso kunendawo yamabhishi, kuyilapho ogwini olusenyakatho kuhlala amaxhaphozi.
