Qaidam He
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Qaidam He Caidamu He, Tsaidam Gol |
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| location | Qinghai ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Qaidam He | |
| origin | Confluence of streams 36 ° 3 ′ 24 ″ N , 98 ° 12 ′ 9 ″ E |
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| Source height | 3535 m | |
| muzzle | in the lake Chulsam Only coordinates: 36 ° 46 '3 " N , 95 ° 49' 27" O 36 ° 46 '3 " N , 95 ° 49' 27" O
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The Qaidam He (also Caidamu He , English Tsaidam River ) is a river in the northwest of the Chinese province of Qinghai .
It drains the easternmost foothills of the Kunlun Shan (here Burhan Budai Shan) into the Qaidam basin . It got its name because of the marshland along its middle and lower reaches, as tsa'i dam means "salt swamp or swamps" in Mongolian and Tibetan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Soviet General Staff Map, accessed from topomapper.com on November 10, 2013