The qaidam, tsaidam, or chaidamu basin is a hyperarid basin that occupies a large part of haixi prefecture in qinghai province, china. For adventure seekers, the qaidam basin offers a rare opportunity to traverse terrain that resembles another planet without leaving the. The qaidam basin is the largest cenozoic sedimentary basin on the tibetan plateau, situated in the northeastern part of the plateau within qinghai.
The qaidam, tsaidam, or chaidamu basin is a hyperarid basin that occupies a large part of haixi prefecture in qinghai province, china. 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. Beneath the salt, qaidam is one of china's nine most important petroliferous basins and its largest center of onshore production.
As the largest depression in the tibetan plateau, the qaidam basin preserves over 10 km thick of cenozoic sediments.