Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa)[1] is the world's largest salt flat. It is over 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) in area.[2]
It is in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an height of 3,656 metres (11,995 ft) above sea level.[3]
The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. It contains 50% to 70% of the world's known lithium reserves.[4] The large area, clear skies, and exceptional flatness of the surface make the Salar ideal for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites.[5][6]
Salar De Uyuni Media
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Mountains surrounding the Uyuni salt flat during sunrise, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, southwestern Bolivia, not far from the crest of the Andes
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Salt production at the Salar
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Traditional salt production at Salar. Such salt blocks are used for building salt hotels
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Satellite image of the Salar de Uyuni during the wet season
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A part of Incahuasi Island inside the Salar, featuring giant cacti
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James's Flamingo Phoenicopterus jamesi, southwestern BoliviaJames's Flamingo
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Lycalopex culpaeus, A Culpeo or Andean Fox at the border between Bolivia and Chile.
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A vizcacha (Lagidium viscacia) in the Sur Lipez desert, Bolivia. This was taken in the same spot as Sur Lipez.jpg.
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References
- ↑ "Salar de Tunupa". Iris en Tore op reis. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ "Lithium Harvesting at Salar de Uyuni". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "Uyuni Salt Flat". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-12-01.[dead link]
- ↑ Keating, Joshua (2009-10-21). "Bolivia's Lithium-Powered Future: What the global battery boom means for the future of South America's poorest country". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ Borsa, A. A (2002). GPS Survey of the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, for Satellite Altimeter Calibration. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.
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