Salar de Aguas Calientes IV
Salt pan in Chile
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Ramsar Wetland | |
Official name | Salar de Aguas Calientes IV |
Designated | 14 August 2009 |
Reference no. | 1870[1] |
Salar de Aguas Calientes IV is a salt pan in Chile. It is adjacent to the Llullaillaco National Park and is within the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion.[1] Its drainage basin area is 536 km2 (207 sq mi).[2]
The site is significant as a staging area for sandpiper species and other long-distance migratory birds. Three species of flamingos (Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo and James's flamingo) can be found here.[1]
See also
- Salar de Aguas Calientes
References
- ^ a b c "Salar de Aguas Calientes IV". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Sistema de Información Territorial de Humedales Altoandinos. Recursos hídricos II Región de Antofagasta". CIREN (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
25°00′00″S 68°38′00″W / 25°S 68.6333333°W / -25; -68.6333333
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