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A rainbow after a rare shower in the Qaidam Basin on the Tibetan Plateau

Qaidam Basin, also spelt Tsaidam (from Mongolian: Цайдам, salt marsh or wide valley; Chinese: 柴达木盆地; pinyin: Chaidamu Pendi) is an hyperarid basin in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, western China. The basin covers an area of approximately 120,000 km², one fourth of which is covered by saline lakes and playas.^[1] Its large natural reserves caused a great deal of investment interest from 2005. Around 35,000 square kilometers, or one third of the basin was desert, which is named after the basin as Chaidamu Pendi Shamo (柴达木盆地沙漠).

It has reserves of asbestos, borax, gypsum, natural gas, and several metals, with the greatest reserves of lithium, magnesium, potassium and sodium of anywhere in China. Qaidam is also home to the Qarhan Lake, which contains sixty billion tons of salt. There are 22 oilfields, with estimated reserves of 225 million tons, and 6 gasfields, holding 150 billion cubic metres of gas.

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Deserts

Africa	Bayuda Desert · Chalbi Desert · Danakil Desert · Eastern Desert · Ferio Desert · Kalahari Desert · Libyan Desert · Namib Desert · Nubian Desert · Nyiri Desert · Richtersveld · Sahara · Ténéré · White Desert

Asia	Ad-Dahna Desert · Arabian Desert · Aral Karakum · Aralkum · Badain Jaran Desert · Betpak-Dala · Cholistan Desert · Dasht-e Kavir · Dasht-e Lut · Dasht-e Margoh · Dasht-e Naomid · Gurbantünggüt Desert · Gobi Desert · Hami Desert · Indus Valley Desert · Judean Desert · Karakum Desert · Kharan Desert · Kumtag Desert · Kum-tagh Desert · Kyzyl Kum · Lop Desert · Nefud · Negev · Ordos Desert · Qaidam · Rub' al Khali · Registan Desert · Saryesik-Atyrau Desert · Syrian Desert · Taklamakan Desert · Tengger Desert · Thal Desert · Thar · Tihamah · Ustyurt Plateau · Wahiba Sands

Australia	Gibson Desert · Great Sandy Desert · Great Victoria Desert · Little Sandy Desert · Nullarbor Plain · Painted Desert · Pedirka Desert · Simpson Desert · Strzelecki Desert · Sturt's Stony Desert · Tanami Desert · Tirari Desert

Europe	Accona Desert · Bardenas Reales · Błędów Desert · Cabo de Gata · Deliblatska Peščara · Hálendi · Oleshky Sands · Oltenian Sahara · Ryn Desert · Tabernas Desert

North America	Alvord Desert · Amargosa Desert · Baja California Desert · Black Rock Desert · Carcross "Desert" · Channeled scablands · Chihuahuan Desert · Escalante Desert · Gran Desierto de Altar · Great Basin · Great Salt Lake Desert · Jornada del Muerto · Mojave Desert · Nk'mip "Desert" · Owyhee Desert · Painted Desert · Red Desert · Sonoran Desert

Polar regions	Antarctica · Arctic (North American Arctic)

South America	Atacama Desert · La Guajira Desert · Los Médanos de Coro · Monte Desert · Patagonian Desert · Sechura Desert · Tatacoa Desert

Oceania	Kaʻū Desert · Rangipo Desert

See also List of deserts and List of deserts by area

Coordinates: 37°16′N 94°27′E / 37.267°N 94.45°E / 37.267; 94.45

^ Chen, K., Bowler, J.M., 1986, Late Pleistocene evolution of salt lakes in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 54:87-104

Qaidam Basin, also spelt Tsaidam (Chaidamu Pendi, 柴达木盆地; Mongolian: Цайдам) is an hyperarid basin in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, western China. The basin covers an area of approximately 120,000 km², one fourth of which is covered by saline lakes and playas.^[1] Its large natural reserves caused a great deal of investment interest from 2005. Around 35,000 square kilometers, or one third of the basin was desert, which is named after the basin as Chaidamu Pendi Shamo (柴达木盆地沙漠).

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Africa	Bayuda DesertTemplate:• Chalbi DesertTemplate:• Danakil DesertTemplate:• Eastern DesertTemplate:• Ferio DesertTemplate:• Kalahari DesertTemplate:• Libyan DesertTemplate:• Namib DesertTemplate:• Nubian DesertTemplate:• Nyiri DesertTemplate:• RichtersveldTemplate:• SaharaTemplate:• TénéréTemplate:• White Desert

Antarctica	Antarctica

Asia	Ad-Dahna DesertTemplate:• Arabian DesertTemplate:• Aral KarakumTemplate:• AralkumTemplate:• Badain Jaran DesertTemplate:• Betpak-DalaTemplate:• Cholistan DesertTemplate:• Dasht-e KavirTemplate:• Dasht-e LutTemplate:• Dasht-e MargohTemplate:• Dasht-e NaomidTemplate:• Dzoosotoyn Elisen DesertTemplate:• Gobi DesertTemplate:• Hami DesertTemplate:• Indus Valley DesertTemplate:• Judean DesertTemplate:• Karakum DesertTemplate:• Kharan DesertTemplate:• Kumtag DesertTemplate:• Kum-tagh DesertTemplate:• Kyzyl KumTemplate:• Lop DesertTemplate:• Nefud Template:• NegevTemplate:• Ordos DesertTemplate:• QaidamTemplate:• Rub' al KhaliTemplate:• Registan DesertTemplate:• Saryesik-Atyrau DesertTemplate:• Syrian DesertTemplate:• Taklamakan DesertTemplate:• Tengger DesertTemplate:• Thal DesertTemplate:• Thar Template:• TihamahTemplate:• Ustyurt Plateau Wahiba Sands

Australia	Gibson DesertTemplate:• Great Sandy DesertTemplate:• Great Victoria DesertTemplate:• Little Sandy DesertTemplate:• Nullarbor PlainTemplate:• Painted DesertTemplate:• Pedirka DesertTemplate:• Simpson DesertTemplate:• Strzelecki DesertTemplate:• Sturt's Stony DesertTemplate:• Tanami DesertTemplate:• Tirari Desert

Europe	Accona DesertTemplate:• Bardenas RealesTemplate:• Błędów DesertTemplate:• Cabo de GataTemplate:• Deliblatska PeščaraTemplate:• HálendiTemplate:• Oleshky SandsTemplate:• Oltenian SaharaTemplate:• Ryn DesertTemplate:• Tabernas Desert

North America	Alvord DesertTemplate:• Amargosa DesertTemplate:• Baja California DesertTemplate:• Black Rock DesertTemplate:• Carcross "Desert"Template:• Channeled scablandsTemplate:• Chihuahuan DesertTemplate:• Escalante DesertTemplate:• Gran Desierto de AltarTemplate:• Great BasinTemplate:• Great Salt Lake DesertTemplate:• Jornada del MuertoTemplate:• Mojave DesertTemplate:• Nk'mip "Desert"Template:• Owyhee DesertTemplate:• Painted DesertTemplate:•Red Desert Template:• Sonoran Desert

South America	Atacama DesertTemplate:• La Guajira DesertTemplate:• Los Médanos de Coro Template:• Monte DesertTemplate:• Patagonian DesertTemplate:• Sechura DesertTemplate:• Tatacoa Desert

Oceania	Kaʻū DesertTemplate:• Rangipo "Desert"

See also: List of deserts and List of deserts by area

Coordinates: 37°16′N 94°27′E / 37.267°N 94.45°E / 37.267; 94.45

↑ Chen, K., Bowler, J.M., 1986, Late Pleistocene evolution of salt lakes in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 54:87-104

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