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Salar de Uyuni

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Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
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Uyuni, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, at 10,582 square kilometers . It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes and is at an elevation of 3,656 meters above sea level.The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It is covered by a few meters of salt crust, which has an extraordinary flatness with the average elevation variations within one meter over the entire area of the Salar. 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. The large area, clear skies, and exceptional flatness of the surface make the Salar an ideal object for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites.The Salar serves as the major transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano and is a major breeding ground for several species of flamingos. Salar de Uyuni is also a climatological transitional zone since the towering tropical cumulus congestus and cumulonimbus incus clouds that form in the eastern part of the salt flat during the summer cannot permeate beyond its drier western edges, near the Chilean border and the Atacama Desert.
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