Salar de Talar
Salar de Talar[note 1] is a 46 square kilometres[1] salt flat located in the high puna of northern Chilean Andes, at an altitude of 3,950 m.[1] It is part of a series of salt lakes and salt flats located at the foothills of a chain of volcanoes stretching along the eastern side of the much greater Salar de Atacama.
The
Laguna Tuyajto and Salar de Capur basins.[1] It was once filled by a 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi) large lake connected to Salar Purisunchi.[2]
The salty flat is bordered on the west by
lava flow from the Caichinque volcanic complex formed two lobes which advanced into Salar de Talar.[3] Salt deposits in the salt flat have polygonal shapes.[2]
The climate of the area is arid, with an average annual precipitation of about 150 mm.[1] Salar de Talar is a part of the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion, which in this zone is characterized by tussock grass vegetation.
See also
Notes
- ^ This salt flat can appear on maps as Salar de Aguas Calientes (northern portion) and Salar de Talar (southern portion).
References
- ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Geoquímica de aguas en cuencas cerradas: I, II y III Regiones - Chile Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Salar de Aguas Calientes 3
- ^ ISSN 2330-7102.
- ^ "Caichinque". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
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