Salar de Empexa, 3117 m. (Bolivia)

Chile / Tarapaca / Iquique /
 interesting place, salt pan / flat
Salt mounds in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, the world's largest salt flat. The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest (12 000 km²) and highest (3 700 m) salt flat, ca. 25 times as large as the Bonneville Salt Flats.
It is the remnant of a prehistoric lake surrounded by mountains without drainage outlets. Salt is harvested in the traditional method: the salt is scraped into small mounds for water evaporation and easier transportation, dried over fire, and finally enriched with iodine.
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Coordinates:   20°22'2"S   68°32'6"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago