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Monte Kali (Heringen)
Monte Kali and Kalimanjaro are local colloquial names for the spoil heap or spoil tip that towers over the town of Heringen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of a number of sites where the K+S chemical company dumps sodium chloride (common table salt), a byproduct of potash mining and processing, a major industry in the area.
The names are puns of ''Kali'' (shorthand for ''ドイツ語:Kalisalz'', German for "potash") on "Monte Carlo" and "Kilimanjaro." The heap lies directly next to the border with the state of Thuringia, and hence next to the former inner German border with what was once East Germany.〔(Monte Kali on Google Satellite Maps )〕
The heap rises over above the surrounding land, its summit reaching above sea level.〔 According to the Werra Potash Mining Museum in Heringen, Monte Kali has been in operation since 1976; as of January 2014, it covered and contained approximately 188 million tonnes of salt, with another 900 tonnes being added every hour and 6.4 million tonnes a year.
==Ecological impact==
The amount of salt that goes to the region's soil and rivers is enormous. Due to the high salt levels, the surrounding soil has become virtually barren and only halophyte plants can grow there. The Werra river has become so salty (up to 2.5 g/L chloride ions, which is saltier than parts of the Baltic Sea) that few freshwater organisms can survive in it. The groundwater has become salty as well. K+S are licensed to keep dumping salt at the facility until 2030.〔
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