Qaidam Basin

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Qaidam Basin

Summary

Qaidam Basin is a region[1]. It draws 59 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #359 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Qaidam Basin is located in Qinghai[3].
  • Qaidam Basin is located in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture[4].
  • Qaidam Basin is in the country of People's Republic of China[5].
  • Qaidam Basin is on the continent of Asia[6].
  • Qaidam Basin's instance of is recorded as region[7].
  • Qaidam Basin's instance of is recorded as basin[8].
  • Qaidam Basin's instance of is recorded as WWF ecoregion[9].
  • Qaidam Basin's Commons category is recorded as Qaidam Basin[10].
  • Qaidam Basin comprises Qarhan Playa[11].
  • Qaidam Basin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.266666666667, 'lon': 94.45}[12].
  • Qaidam Basin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • Qaidam Basin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Qaidam Basin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Qaidam Basin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mn', 'text': 'Цайдам'}[16].
  • Qaidam Basin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '柴达木盆地'}[17].

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Geography

Qaidam Basin is in the country of People's Republic of China[5]. Located in include Qinghai[3], a province of China[18], in People's Republic of China[19], founded in 1928[20] and Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture[4], an autonomous prefecture[21], in People's Republic of China[22]. It is on the continent of Asia[6].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region[7], basin[8], and WWF ecoregion[9].

Why It Matters

Qaidam Basin draws 59 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #359 of 1,289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . 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.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    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
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