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The Land

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Dancers perform a Mayan ritual at Xcaret. A modern tourist resort has been built near the site of the ancient Mayan city that exists there.

the surface, because rainwater filters through the porous surface. However, underground rivers have built caverns and cenotes (deep wells), mostly in the center and western part of the state. Near the white beaches along the turquoise coasts are many lagoons and sandbanks. Yucatán’s green jungles surround the remains of the Mayan culture. Quintana Roo is Mexico’s youngest and 19th-largest state. A visit here is like a trip to paradise. White beaches are guarded by a chain of coral reefs in the