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Sitio Ramsar y Santuario de la Naturaleza Salar de Huasco

Chile

Sitio Ramsar y Santuario de la Naturaleza Salar de Huasco

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, and was, for several years, a national park. The area has a significant population of flamingos. 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.

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