The qinghai oilfield, exploited since 1954, includes the lenghu,. Qaidam basin is china’s highest and most evaporative inland basin situated in the border area of the provinces of qinghai, gansu and the autonomous region of xinjiang. Beneath the salt, qaidam is one of china's nine most important petroliferous basins and its largest center of onshore production.
It is surrounded by kunlun mountain, altun mountain, and qilian mountain, covering a. The basin covers an area of approximately 120,000 km 2. The basin lies in a crescent.
The best time to visit is from late. Located in the northern west part of qinghai, qaidam basin is one of the three largest interior basins in china. The qaidam, tsaidam, or chaidamu basin is a hyperarid basin that occupies a large part of haixi prefecture in qinghai province, china. The qaidam basin is the northeastern section of the plateau of tibet, occupying the northwestern part of qinghai province, western china.
The qaidam basin is the largest cenozoic sedimentary basin on the tibetan plateau, situated in the northeastern part of the plateau within qinghai province, northwestern china.