About 40 000 years ago there was a lake
where the desert is today, Minchin. When the lake dried in, it
left behind two big lakes and two big deserts of salt, Salar de
Coipasa and the biggest Salar
de Uyuni.
Salar de Uyuni lies in the department
of Potosí and Oruro in Bolivia, and you find it about 3650 meters
above sea level. Salar de Uyuni is the biggest desert of salt in the
whole world. It has a surface of 10 583 km²,
and is from 2 to 80 meters deep. The desert it said to consist of 10
billions tonns of salt. Less then 25 000 of this is produced per
year.
From
june until december the desert is dry, and it is possible to drive on
the desert. This is therefore a time when a lot of tourists come to
see the desert. The isolatet island Isla Del Pescado is one of
several islands. Many tourists come here. It has also been built a
hotel og salt in the middel of the desert.
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