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
Mountains surrounding the Uyuni salt flat during sunrise, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, southwestern Bolivia, not far from the crest of the Andes
Salt production at the Salar
Traditional salt production at Salar. Such salt blocks are used for building salt hotels
Satellite image of the Salar de Uyuni during the wet season
A part of Incahuasi Island inside the Salar, featuring giant cacti
James's Flamingo Phoenicopterus jamesi, southwestern BoliviaJames's Flamingo
Lycalopex culpaeus, A Culpeo or Andean Fox at the border between Bolivia and Chile.
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). Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Lithium Harvesting at Salar de Uyuni (in en). earthobservatory.nasa.gov (26 April 2019).
- ↑ Uyuni Salt FlatEncyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-12-01.[dead link]
- ↑ Keating, Joshua. Bolivia's Lithium-Powered Future: What the global battery boom means for the future of South America's poorest country. (2009-10-21)Foreign Policy. 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.
- ↑ Lamparelli, R. A. C.. Characterization of the Salar de Uyuni for in-orbit satellite calibration. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 41 (6) (2003). p. 1461–1468. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2003.810713.