柴达木盆地位于青海省的西北部,面积22万平方公里。“柴达木”是蒙古语“盐译”的意思,这里分布着大小盐湖100多个,其中以察尔汗盐湖、柯柯盐湖、茶卡盐湖面积最大。“骑马跑三天,马蹄下踩的都是盐。”这是青海人对柴达木盆地盐资源的赞誉。这里地面有盐、地下有盐、水中有盐、上里有盐、甚至公路也是用盐铺的,真是个 Qaidam Basin is located in the northwest of Qinghai Province, an area of ​​220,000 square kilometers. “Qaidam ” is the Mongolian “salt translation ”, where the distribution of the size of the Salt Lake more than 100, of which Chalhan Salt Lake, Ke Ko Salt Lake, Chaka Salt Lake largest area. “Riding for three days riding, riding under the horseshoe are salt. ” This is the Qinghai Salt Lake Chaidam salt resources praise. There is salt on the ground, salt in the ground, salt in the water, salt on it, and even the road is paved with salt, really