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Da Qaidam
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English
Etymology
From en cmn 大 dà big, great + en bo ཚྭ་འདམ qaidam salt marsh.
Proper noun
en administrative zone prefecture/Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture p/Qinghai c/China.
en November 10, 2008 Liu Zhen; Ben Blanchard; Lucy Hornby Strong quake hits China's Qinghai region Ken Wills; Sanjeev Miglani w:Reuters https://archive.ph/2iE4i BEIJING https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4A90BB/ 15 June 2024 World The USGS said the epicentre of the quake was 161 km (101 miles)) north-northeast of Golmud at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 km). Golmud is an industrial city that is dependent upon potassium mining.Xinhua said some mud houses in Da Qaidam, near the epicentre, had cracks in their walls and a few huts had collapsed. Schools have also been closed.
en 11 November 2008 Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Qinghai province w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20250622153618/https://www.scmp.com/article/659685/magnitude-63-quake-strikes-qinghai-province https://www.scmp.com/article/659685/magnitude-63-quake-strikes-qinghai-province June 22, 2025 1563-9371 648902513 An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted a town in Qinghai province yesterday, triggering panic in nearby cities.Residents of Da Qaidam felt the ground rock violently for more than a minute at 9.22am as the tremor erupted 10km underground.
en 2016 Ingrid Stober J. Zhong L. Zhang K. Bucher Deep hydrothermal fluid–rock interaction: the thermal springs of Da Qaidam, China Geofluids 16 4 711 10.1111/gfl.12190 Hot water flows from springs along the border fault system at the SW rim of the Qilian Mountains near the city of Da Qaidam (Qinghai Province, Western China).
Translations
administrative zone
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 大柴旦
Mandarin: cmn 大柴旦
Japanese: ja