Salar de Aguas Calientes IV explained

Designation1:	Ramsar
Designation1 Offname:	Salar de Aguas Calientes IV
Designation1 Date:	14 August 2009
Designation1 Number:	1870^[1]

Salar de Aguas Calientes IV is a salt pan in Chile. It is adjacent to the Llullaillaco National Park and is within the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. Its drainage basin area is 536km2.^[2]

The site is significant as a staging area for sandpiper species and other long-distance migratory birds. Three species of flamingos (Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo and James's flamingo) can be found here.

References

-25°N -68.6333°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salar de Aguas Calientes IV. Ramsar Sites Information Service. 7 December 2020.
2. Web site: Sistema de Información Territorial de Humedales Altoandinos. Recursos hídricos II Región de Antofagasta. CIREN. Spanish. 31 December 2020.