| Salar del Huasco | |
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| Location | Tarapacá Region, Chile |
| Coordinates | 20°18′S 68°51′W / 20.300°S 68.850°W |
| Area | 1,100.49 km2 (424.90 sq mi) |
| Designation | Ramsar Site (1996) |
| Official name | Salar del Huasco |
| Designated | 2 December 1996 |
| Reference no. | 874[1] |
Salar del Huasco is a salt flat dotted with ponds and salt marshes, and seasonally partially covered with water, in northern Chile. It is part of Ramsar Site 874,[2] and was, for several years, a national park. The area has a significant population of flamingos.[2]
The salt flat is probably bordered by a fault on its western side, and a river delta forms much of its northern edge; it is now crisscrossed by stream channels. In the Pleistocene the salt flat was covered by a lake that was identified through its clay and diatomite sediments and which has left well preserved shorelines and terraces.[3]
- ^ "Salar del Huasco". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "The Annotated Ramsar List: Chile". Ramsar. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ Stoertz, George E.; Ericksen, George Edward (1974). "Geology of salars in Northern Chile". Professional Paper. doi:10.3133/pp811. ISSN 2330-7102. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2018-11-24.