South American salt reserves ranking

Fourth place: Atacama Salt Lake in Chile, which may be one of the most spectacular scenery in the world. There are the world's largest salt lake desert, active volcano, high cactus island and geyser shoal, with a total area of about 1.3 million square kilometers. It is like a mirage from another planet. Different from uyuni and Chaka Salt Lake, the salt here condenses into a strange polygon with a very wide range.

Third place, Maras salt mine in Peru, whose salt field was once a precious treasure of the Incas. Its salt concentration is many times higher than that of seawater 10. So people set up a complicated water flow system through natural springs, and the drainage system is very cleverly designed. Salt water slowly flows into more than 3,000 terraced salt ponds through a number of slender aqueducts, creating an extremely spectacular and beautiful salt field landscape.

Second place, Angelis and Arizaro, two major salt lakes in Argentina. The elevation of Angelis Salt Lake is about1.300m, and the resource of lithium carbonate is 2 million tons, of which the proven and controlled resource is 6.5438+0.6 million tons. With a total area of about 1.970 square kilometers, Arizaro Lithium Salt Lake is the third largest salt lake in the world and one of the few salt lakes in the "lithium triangle" of South America that have not been exploited on a large scale.

First place: Bolivian uyuni Salt Lake. This salt lake is located in the western plateau of Bolivia and central South America. 1989, with a total area of about 9 100 square kilometers. This year, it was found that its area has greatly expanded, and now the total area is about 10600 square kilometers.