The Salinas Grandes ('Salina' is a spanish word for salt flat) is a large salt flat in central-northern

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

, spanning the borders of four

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(

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...

, Catamarca,

La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community and provinces of Spain, province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other List of municipalities in La Rioja, cities and towns in the ...

and

Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a sur ...

), at an average

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of above

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, and having an area of about 4,700 km².

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Salt flats of Argentina Deserts of Argentina Geography of Córdoba Province, Argentina Geography of Santiago del Estero Province Landforms of Córdoba Province, Argentina Landforms of Santiago del Estero Province {{SantiagodelEstero-geo-stub