Uyuni Salt Flats - Uyuni Engen (English name) Salar de Uyuni

Japanese: ウユニ塩原 - ウユニえんげん（英語表記）Salar de Uyuni

A sparsely populated salt flat in the Altiplano in southern Bolivia. It is covered with thick deposits of salts, mainly sodium chloride, which are so pure that they can be eaten as is. It can become flooded during the rainy season. Some areas are salt lakes, such as Lake Uru-Uru, Lake Popo (area approximately 1,500 km2), which receives water from Lake Titicaca, and Lake Coipasa (approximately 2,000 km2). The bottom of the salt flat is 3,653 meters above sea level. It was formed when Lake Mintim (lake surface 3,757 meters above sea level, area approximately 50,000 km2), which existed during the last glacial period, dried up.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ボリビア南部，アルチプラノにある人口希薄な塩原。そのまま食用に供せられるほどの純度の高い塩化ナトリウムを主とする塩類が厚く堆積している。雨季には湛水することがある。部分的にはチチカカ湖からの水が注ぐウルウル湖，ポポ湖(面積約1500km2)やコイパサ湖(約2000km2)など塩湖となっている所もある。塩原底は標高3653m。最終氷期に存在したミンチン湖(湖面標高3757m，面積約5万km2)が干上がったために形成された。

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