柴达木
Traditional form:
柴達木
Pinyin (reading):
Cháidámù
Definitions:
- 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.
Characters:
- 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
- 达 - to reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
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