Salinas Grandes

Coordinates: 30°0′0″S 65°0′0″W / 30.00000°S 65.00000°W / -30.00000; -65.00000

For other uses, see Salinas Grandes (Jujuy y Salta).
Salt mounds in Salinas Grandes

The Salinas Grandes is a large salt flat in central-northern Argentina, spanning the borders of four provinces (Córdoba, Catamarca, La Rioja and Santiago del Estero), at an average altitude of 170 metres above sea level,[1][2] at the foot of the Sierras de Córdoba mountain range. It covers an area of 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi).[3]


References

  1. ↑ Martin Iriondo (2006). Introducción a la Geología (3º Edición ed.). Argentina: Editorial Brujas. ISBN 978-987-591-061-4.
  2. ↑ "Ambientes de las Salinas Grandes de Catamarca, Argentina" (in Spanish). Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas (IADIZA-CONICET). 2007.
  3. ↑ Conrado Juan Rosacher (September 2002). "Áreas Naturales Protegidas. Salinas Grandes de Córdoba, Aspectos Ambientales" (PDF) (in Spanish). Argentina.

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