Zacatón
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Zacatón is a thermal water-filled sinkhole belonging to the Zacatón system – a group of unusual karst features located in Aldama Municipality near the Sierra de Tamaulipas in the northeastern state of
El Zacatón with free floating grass island (lower right), Municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Zacaton sinkhole, cross-section
Free floating grass islands in the cenote Zacaton (2010).
One of the many smaller cenotes, or sinkholes, in the Zacatón system the near Aldama, Tamaulipas (2013)
Sinkhole
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A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeh
Zacatón
…Zacatón is a thermal water-filled sinkhole belonging to the Zacatón system – a group of unusual karst features located in Aldama Municipality near the Sierra de Tamaulipas in the northeastern…
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