Uyuni is the small town located on the edge of the salt flats that acts as a tourist jumping off point for salt flat trips. The town is predominantly made up of hotels, pizza parlours and travel agencies. Most of the agencies line the town's central road and compete for tourists' dollars. We bartered our way down the streets and eventually Coipasa Salt Flat, salt flat, in the arid but colourful Altiplano of Bolivia, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of the city of Oruro, near the Chilean border. At an elevation of 12,073 feet (3,680 metres), the flat, Bolivia's second largest (after Uyuni Salt Flat), occupies 856 square miles (2,218 square km). Lake Coipasa directly to the Salar de Uyuni is the worlds largest salt flat, spanning 4086 square miles (10,582 sq. km) in south-western Bolivia. Unlike traditional deserts, which have sand in abundance, the Salar de Uyuni features vast expanses of glistening white salt. Figure 1. Map of the Altiplano showing (a) the location of Salar de Coipasa and other major hydrologic features mentioned in the text. The adjoining two panels show the size of paleolakes in the region (shaded blue) during intervals of increased effective moisture that raised lake levels to (b) 3700 m asl, which would connect Lago Poopó, Salar de Coipasa, and Salar de Uyuni via narrow straits 1. Salar de Uyuni. 7.05 MILES. The world's largest salt flat sits at a lofty 3653m (11,985ft) and blankets an amazing 12,000 sq km (4633 sq miles). It was part of a prehistoric salt…. 2. Museo Coquesa. 23.37 MILES. This museum has a collection of ceramics and mummies. Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level. 3qBe.

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