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Qaidam Basin

geographic region
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Summary

Qaidam Basin is a region[1]. It draws 1,145 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #359 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Qinghai[3], Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture[4]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Continent: Asia[6]
  • Instance of: basin[7], WWF ecoregion[8]
  • Commons category: Qaidam Basin[9]
  • Has part(s): Qarhan Playa[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Native label: Цайдам[14], 柴达木盆地[15]
  • P14541: 2cTtZ2[16]

Why It Matters

Qaidam Basin has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Mcampany · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh86007141
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007529889105171
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh86007141, Moving from Qaidam Pendi"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2cTtZ2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Qinghai, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
    Coordinates → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||eu, sv, ko */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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