Record #00153Nature archive
World's Largest Salt Flat by Area
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat. NASA reports that its salt crust covers about 10,000 square kilometers.
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about10,000km²
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- Salar de Uyuni, ,
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Overview
Archive NoteSalar de Uyuni lies on the high plateau of southwestern Bolivia and is a large natural salt flat.
NASA Earth Observatory explicitly identifies Salar de Uyuni as the world's largest salt flat, with a salt crust covering about 10,000 square kilometers.
A NASA technical report gives an area of about 9,800 square kilometers, consistent with the rounded 10,000-square-kilometer figure.
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1 Milestonesabout 10,000 km²
Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia
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