The Uyuni Salt Flat, or Salar de Uyuni measures 11,000 square kilometers. Salt is mined manually by scraping it into conical piles with a shovel or rake. It is then shoveled into the back ofthesalt trucks and shipped out of the highlands.
Bolivia also holds 43% of the worlds lithium reserves, the majority of which is located in the brine lake located under the salt crust at a relatively high concentration of 0.3%.
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