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在青海省西北部，阿尔金山、祁连山和昆仑山之间。面积20多万平方千米，海拔2600—3000米。矿产资源丰富，有“聚宝盆”之称。东部和东南部有新开垦的农业区。

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian:salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.