{UAH} Salinas Grandes | The salt desert of Argentina
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Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Salinas Grandes | The salt desert of Argentina
Salinas Grandes - one of the world's largest salt flats, located in central-northern Argentina. It is spanning the borders of four provinces, that is Córdoba, Catamarca, La Rioja and Santiago del Estero, at an average altitude of 170 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Sierras de Córdoba mountain range. It covers an area of 6,000 km². It is very similar to Lake Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.
The industrial importance for its sodium and potassium mines. Recently Salinas Grandes has been explored for the lithium brine beneath its salt. Recent analysis of core samples place the lithium concentration at up to 1,600 ppm. By comparison the average concentration worldwide is 1,100 ppm. [First Image credit Contours of a Country]
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