Viva Travel Guides Bolivia, Karen Hartburn, pp. 264, Viva Publishing Network, 2010, ISBN 9780979126499, ... The Salar de Uyuni is a huge expanse of salt flats covering more than 12,000 square kilometers ... The Salar de Uyuni was formed from a former lake, known as Lago Minchín, which covered a large expanse ...
A Loo with a View, Luke Barclay, pp. 48, Random House, 2012, ISBN 9780753515822, ... The Salar de Uyuni was formed when a prehistoric lake dried to leave two new lakes and two huge salt flats. the larger being Uyuni. It has been estimated that Uyuni contains ten billion tons of salt ...