Salar_de_Aguas_Calientes_IV

Salar de Aguas Calientes IV

Salar de Aguas Calientes IV

Salt pan in Chile

Salar de Aguas Calientes IV is a salt pan in Chile. It is adjacent to the Llullaillaco National Park and is within the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion.[1] Its drainage basin area is 536 km2 (207 sq mi).[2]

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Llullaillaco in the distance

The site is significant as a staging area for sandpiper species and other long-distance migratory birds. Three species of flamingos (Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo and James's flamingo) can be found here.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Salar de Aguas Calientes IV". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Sistema de Información Territorial de Humedales Altoandinos. Recursos hídricos II Región de Antofagasta". CIREN (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2020.

25°S 68.6333333°W / -25; -68.6333333

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