Salar de Carcote

E937098

Salar de Carcote is a high-altitude salt flat in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its saline lagoons, volcanic backdrop, and Andean wildlife.

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Salar de Carcote canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic basin ⓘ
salt flat ⓘ
access by unpaved roads from Ollagüe area ⓘ
climate cold desert climate ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
ecosystemType high-Andean wetland ⓘ
elevation approximately 3950 m above sea level ⓘ
formationProcess evaporation of closed-basin waters ⓘ
geologicalSetting Altiplano-Puna plateau ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau
hasEconomicActivity limited tourism ⓘ
small-scale salt extraction ⓘ
hasFeature brackish ponds ⓘ
evaporite deposits ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
saline lagoons ⓘ
salt crust ⓘ
volcanic backdrop ⓘ
hasNearby volcano Aucanquilcha ⓘ
volcano Ollagüe ⓘ
linked to: Ollagüe volcano

volcano San Pedro ⓘ
linked to: San Pedro volcano
hasWildlife Andean avocet ⓘ
Andean flamingo ⓘ
Andean goose ⓘ
Chilean flamingo ⓘ
James’s flamingo ⓘ
linked to: James's flamingo

Puna plover ⓘ
culpeo fox ⓘ
vicuña ⓘ
hydrology endorheic ⓘ
knownFor Andean birdwatching ⓘ
high-altitude saline wetlands ⓘ
volcanic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
northern Chile ⓘ
locatedInAdministrative Antofagasta Region ⓘ
El Loa Province ⓘ
near border with Bolivia ⓘ
partOf Central Andean dry Puna ⓘ
regionType Puna de Atacama ⓘ
surfaceType playa lake remnants ⓘ
salt pan ⓘ
vulnerability sensitive to hydrological changes ⓘ
waterSource groundwater inflow ⓘ
seasonal precipitation ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ollagüe → nearGeographicFeature → Salar de Carcote ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Ollagüe