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]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "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.[permanent 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; et al. (2002). "GPS Survey of the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, for Satellite Altimeter Calibration". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Bibcode:2002AGUFMOS52A0193B.
- ↑ Lamparelli, R. A. C.; et al. (2003). "Characterization of the Salar de Uyuni for in-orbit satellite calibration". IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 41 (6): 1461–1468. Bibcode:2003ITGRS..41.1461C. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2003.810713. S2CID 18716304.