Salt Pans of Maras, Peru

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Channel carrying spring water laden with salt to evaporating pans near Maras, Peru. The pans are fed by a natural spring and the salt has been collected since pre-Inca times.


Channel carrying spring water laden with salt to evaporating pans near Maras, Peru. The pans are fed by a natural spring and the salt has been collected since pre-Inca times.

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Channel carrying spring water laden with salt to evaporating pans near Maras, Peru. The pans are fed by a natural spring and the salt has been collected since pre-Inca times.

© Matthew Oldfield 2010

Keywords:

  • Evaporation
  • Inca
  • Industry
  • Maras
  • Mine
  • Pan
  • Peru
  • Ponds
  • Pre-Incan
  • Prehispanic
  • Sacred Valley
  • Salinas
  • Saline
  • Salt
  • South America
  • Spring
  • Terrace
  • Urubamba

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