Atacama
This salar is surrounded by volcanoes, including the
one that it has its name or Lascar. It is located at
an altitude at 4200 m.s.n.m. And its rainy season
is between the December through March, although
rainfall ranging from 30 to 150 mm year. The rain
is accompanied frequently thunderstorms.
The main contributions are received from Pili River
in the north and the gorge of Chamaca, this water
corresponding to a redissolution of materials such as
halite and gypsum and it is visibly saline, in no case it
is suitable for human consumption and agriculture.
The local fauna is composed of animals such as the
vicuna, fox, vizcacha, chinchilla, swallows, falcons, sin,
Andean gull, rhea, condor and James and Chilean
flamingo, among others.