Grandes Salt Pan

The Grandes Salt Pan is a vast white expanse in the dry interior of central Argentina. Salt gathers in a broad closed basin, where water evaporates rather than reaching the sea. The flats lie between the uplands of Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero, forming a striking break in the surrounding dry woodland. Shallow water may spread across parts of the basin before drying to leave the salt crust exposed again.