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The Etosha pan, in the Etosha National Park in Namibia, is another prominent example of a salt pan. The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the largest salt pan in the world. As of 2024, with an estimated 23 million tons , Bolivia holds about 22% of the world's known lithium resources (105 million tons); most of those are in the Salar de Uyuni. [ 3 ]
Hydrothermal chimneys, salt pillars and terraces of Dallol, Ethiopia. Dallol is highly dynamic; active springs go inactive and new springs emerge in new places in the range of days, and this is also reflected in the colors of the site that change with time, from white to green, lime, yellow, gold, orange, red, purple and ochre. [17]
Makgadikgadi Pans ; Northern Eastern Rift (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia) Afar Depression (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia) Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes (Ethiopia) Lake Chew Bahir, Ethiopia, Kenya; Chalbi Desert, Kenya, Ethiopia; Lake Logipi-Suguta Valley (Kenya) Lake Turkana Basin (Ethiopia, Kenya) Southern Eastern Rift (Kenya, Tanzania) Lake Baringo ...
Lake Karum (also known as Lake Assale or Asale) is a salt lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. One of two salt lakes in the northern end of the Danakil Depression (the other one being Lake Afrera), it lies 120 m (394 ft) below sea level. [1] The volcano Erta Ale rises southeast of this lake.
A salt evaporation pond is a shallow artificial salt pan designed to extract salts from sea water or other brines. The salt pans are shallow and expansive, allowing sunlight to penetrate and reach the seawater. Natural salt pans are formed through geologic processes, where evaporating water leaves behind salt deposits.
Unlike other saline lakes in Ethiopia (e.g., Lakes Abijatta, Shala, and Chitu), the pH of Lake Afrera is low and in the acidic range. Although little studied, a few species of fish are hosted by Lake Afrera, including two endemics : Danakilia franchettii (a cichlid ) and Aphaniops stiassnyae ( syn. Lebias stiassnyae ; a pupfish ).
Salt pan (geology), a flat expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually found in deserts Sabkha, a phonetic translation of the Arabic word for a salt pan (geology) Salt evaporation pond, a method of producing salt by evaporating brine; Open-pan salt making is a method of salt production wherein salt is extracted from the ...
Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake located near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression (Afar Region, Ethiopia). It is located over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams. The water of Gaet'ale Pond has a salinity of 43%, making it the saltiest water body on Earth. [1]