柴達木 [ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ; chai2 da2 mu4] 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. ◄ ►