Salt Flats

Connected Sites: 10

Definition
WHS containing Salt Flats ("a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water").

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Connected Sites

  • Namib Sand Sea
    Namib Sand Sea
    Namibia
    Inscribed: 2013
    4.08
    114
    4
    Sossusvlei
  • 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid
    'Uruq Bani Ma'arid
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.59
    10
    1
    "sebkha (salt flats)" (AB ev)
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Peninsula Valdes
    Argentina
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    58
    10
    "An interesting basin (42 meters below sea level) contains two salt flats, "Salinas Chica", 12 km2 in area, and "Salinas Grande", 35 km2".
  • Sangha Trinational
    Sangha Trinational
    Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.61
    6
    2
    Dzanga Bai is a sandy salt lick that measures 250 m (820 ft) by 500 m (wiki)
  • Ibiza
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.77
    126
    5
    Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera
  • Wood Buffalo National Park
    Wood Buffalo National Park
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.82
    12
    4
    Grosbeak Lake Salt Flats "Wood Buffalo also includes salt flats unique in Canada. This strange spectacle is created as spring water brings disolved salt to the surface, covering large areas and creating pans and mounds up to 2 meters high"
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
    Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2018
    3.00
    43
    5
    Zapotitlan Salinas
  • Shark Bay
    Shark Bay
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.58
    40
    2
    The inland terrestrial landscape of Shark Bay is predominantly one of low rolling hills interspersed with birridas (inland saltpans that are at sea-level)
  • Lut Desert
    Lut Desert
    Iran
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.40
    25
    3
    Various salt features are found over about 4% of the nominated area, especially in the playa of Shurgaz-e Hamun (AB ev)
  • Uvs Nuur Basin
    Uvs Nuur Basin
    Mongolia, Russia
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.69
    8
    0
    Torkhiologiin-Gol delta consists of desert and salt flats (UNEP-WCMC)