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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.