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South America - Altiplano (158)
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It is the second largest mountain plateau of the Earth, after the plateau of Tibet - a landscape of ice and fire, wind and salt that extends from northern Argentina to the harsh plains of Peru. That many of the highest peaks of the Alps, the Altiplano formed during the collision between the floor of the geological and the Pacific South American continent, which leveraged the two ridges that margeiam a flat basin and high.
The path of the Potosí Uyuni is a well of surprises with the right to a certain dose of adrenaline. The dirt road winds the steep hills of the Bolivian altiplano - a plateau of 800 km long by 129 km wide, with altitude above 3,500 m, which extends from the Lake Titicaca (northern Bolivia, border with Peru) to Uyuni (south of Bolivia, border with Chile and Argentina).
The high altitude of Potosi, 4 thousand meters above may cause nausea and headaches, the first symptoms soroche. To avoid it, drink lots of water is good. If the discomfort persists, one option is to use the local customs: the coca leaf chewing and tea of coca. And to demystify: none of them alucinógenos effect. |
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