Pampa del Tamarugal
Pampa del Tamarugal is a tectonic depression in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile .
geography
The Pampa del Tamarugal extends in a continuous strip with north-south orientation over an estimated 17,253 km². It is limited to the west by the 600 m contour line in the coastal cordillera and to the east by the 1500 m contour line in the Andean precordillera. In the north it extends to the Pampa de Tana not far from Pisagua and in the south to the Río Loa .
In the Pampa del Tamarugal there are a number of dry river beds. Sometimes there are even forests of Tamarugo trees ( Prosopis tamarugo ) here. These acacia-like trees have roots up to 40 m deep.
tourism
The nature reserve Reserva Nacional Pampa del Tamarugal is located about 70 km east of Iquique near the cities of Pozo Almonte and Huara . It covers around 1,022 km². In addition to the Atacama Desert , the salt lakes, volcanoes , geysers and the old saltpeter mining systems are the main attractions.
The World Heritage Site , the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works , can be found 50 km east of Iquique .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirección General de Aguas, Gobierno de Chile, Ministerio de Obras Públicas (ed.): Cuenca Quebrada de Tarapacá. Diagnostico y clasificación de los cursos y cuerpos de agua según objetivos de calidad . Santiago de Chile 2004 ( sinia.cl [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on January 4, 2016]). sinia.cl ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.