柴達木

1. • 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.

Character by character

• 柴(chái)surname Chai
• 達(dá)surname Da
• 木(mù)surname Mu