Salar de Ascotán

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Salar de Ascotán is a large high-altitude salt flat in northern Chile’s Andes, noted for its arid landscape and mineral-rich crust.

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Salar de Ascotán canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic basin
salt flat
climate hyper-arid
continent South America
country Chile
elevation high-altitude
formedBy evaporation of closed-basin waters
geologicalProcess evaporite deposition
geologicalSetting Andean volcanic plateau
hasEconomicActivity mineral extraction
transport infrastructure nearby
hasEcosystem high-Andean saline ecosystem
hasFeature evaporite deposits
salt pans
hasResource salts and evaporite minerals
hasSoil saline soils
hasVegetation sparse halophytic vegetation
hasWaterBody shallow saline ponds
hydrology endorheic
landscape arid
locatedIn Andes
Antofagasta Region NERFINISHED
Atacama Desert region NERFINISHED
northern Chile
near Bolivian border
notableFor mineral-rich crust
partOf Central Andean dry Puna
regionType altiplano
surfaceType salt crust
usedFor scientific research

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village of Ollagüe nearGeographicFeature Salar de Ascotán
subject surface form: Ollagüe