Salar de Uyuni (salt flats).
Salar de Uyuni area and one of the prettiest and even the finest and strangest existing areas on the planet.
is the largest complex Salt in the world is located in the Altiplano highlands of southwestern Bolivia near the volcano Tonuya.
The area now occupied by the desert of salt resulting from the remains of sea water lake Bageevian that remains since the 40,000 years, the salt compound is located at 3,700 meters above sea level, and an area of 10582 square kilometers, is the largest salt desert in the world
Salt desert is located between the eastern Andes and the western Andes mountains, a vast desert and a large fully cover the soil grains and salt blocks instead of yellow sand which seem to you as if you in a snowy world of ice, but the fact that you are in the world of saline.
Beneath the surface of Salar de Leoni Lake depth of two meters ranging to 20 meters, and there above the lake layer of salt and lithium chloride and sodium chloride which covers steel salt layer thickness ranges between ten centimeters to a few kilometers, where the region containing lithium, which accounted for between 50 to 70% of the reserves Allithwaim in the world ..
This flat land contain large amounts of sodium, lithium, potassium, and magnesium, as well as borax, and an estimated 5.4 million tons, and Bolivia is home to about half of the lithium reserves in the world, and most of those in the Salar de Uyuni. Despite the large reserves that the Bolivian government is not willing to allow the exploitation by foreign companies. It plans to build a pilot plant to produce private by 2012.
It is estimated to Salar de Uyuni contain 10 billion tons of salt, which is extracted from less than 25,000 tons per year.
It is noteworthy that the name "Salar" came from the meaning of flat saline in Spanish and "Uyuni" from the Aymara language and means the barn.
The Salar salt desert road head in the Bolivian Altiplano, is also a prime breeding ground for many species of birds pink flamingos, which paints a picture of great beauty with white background of the desert.
This desert, known for its proximity to the giant cactuses .alve height exceeds sometimes 10 meters.
Desert and attract tens of thousands of tourists annually to Bolivia .. especially from South America .. providing them with an enjoyable visit an exceptional experience in that place .. pure white, which makes them feel psychological serenity and calm, and white space stretching things reflect images stunningly makes it more like a mirror on the most face of the earth .. which reflects view the sky in formation striking aesthetic, which makes the tourists snapping stunning images .. which seem as if they are walking on clouds .. where it is difficult to differentiate between your eyes beginning of the end of the earth and the sky.
In the dry season, clearly show flats Almlh.oma floods in the rainy season and as a result of its geographical location close to the peaks of the Andes mountains, covered by a thin layer of water, transforms form of a dry desert, to the amazing natural image kidnap kernels.
But as long as the «Salar de Uyuni» arid region isolated living close to them the population depends on the assembly salt and selling it .. but that is no longer only source of livelihood after that has become known as a tourist attractive where racing tourists to capture funny pictures and if they were walking amid the clouds or fly in air.
When rain falls and night falls and the net will operate desert sky Salar huge mirror reflects an infinite number of stars.
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Salar de Uyuni area and one of the prettiest and even the finest and strangest existing areas on the planet.
is the largest complex Salt in the world is located in the Altiplano highlands of southwestern Bolivia near the volcano Tonuya.
The area now occupied by the desert of salt resulting from the remains of sea water lake Bageevian that remains since the 40,000 years, the salt compound is located at 3,700 meters above sea level, and an area of 10582 square kilometers, is the largest salt desert in the world
Salt desert is located between the eastern Andes and the western Andes mountains, a vast desert and a large fully cover the soil grains and salt blocks instead of yellow sand which seem to you as if you in a snowy world of ice, but the fact that you are in the world of saline.
Beneath the surface of Salar de Leoni Lake depth of two meters ranging to 20 meters, and there above the lake layer of salt and lithium chloride and sodium chloride which covers steel salt layer thickness ranges between ten centimeters to a few kilometers, where the region containing lithium, which accounted for between 50 to 70% of the reserves Allithwaim in the world ..
This flat land contain large amounts of sodium, lithium, potassium, and magnesium, as well as borax, and an estimated 5.4 million tons, and Bolivia is home to about half of the lithium reserves in the world, and most of those in the Salar de Uyuni. Despite the large reserves that the Bolivian government is not willing to allow the exploitation by foreign companies. It plans to build a pilot plant to produce private by 2012.
It is estimated to Salar de Uyuni contain 10 billion tons of salt, which is extracted from less than 25,000 tons per year.
It is noteworthy that the name "Salar" came from the meaning of flat saline in Spanish and "Uyuni" from the Aymara language and means the barn.
The Salar salt desert road head in the Bolivian Altiplano, is also a prime breeding ground for many species of birds pink flamingos, which paints a picture of great beauty with white background of the desert.
This desert, known for its proximity to the giant cactuses .alve height exceeds sometimes 10 meters.
Desert and attract tens of thousands of tourists annually to Bolivia .. especially from South America .. providing them with an enjoyable visit an exceptional experience in that place .. pure white, which makes them feel psychological serenity and calm, and white space stretching things reflect images stunningly makes it more like a mirror on the most face of the earth .. which reflects view the sky in formation striking aesthetic, which makes the tourists snapping stunning images .. which seem as if they are walking on clouds .. where it is difficult to differentiate between your eyes beginning of the end of the earth and the sky.
In the dry season, clearly show flats Almlh.oma floods in the rainy season and as a result of its geographical location close to the peaks of the Andes mountains, covered by a thin layer of water, transforms form of a dry desert, to the amazing natural image kidnap kernels.
But as long as the «Salar de Uyuni» arid region isolated living close to them the population depends on the assembly salt and selling it .. but that is no longer only source of livelihood after that has become known as a tourist attractive where racing tourists to capture funny pictures and if they were walking amid the clouds or fly in air.
When rain falls and night falls and the net will operate desert sky Salar huge mirror reflects an infinite number of stars.
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