| Dabusun Lake | |
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 Dabusun Lake (2006) | |
  Dabusun Lake | |
| Location | Golmud City Haixi Prefecture Qinghai Province China |
| Coordinates | 37°01′27″N 95°08′20″E / 37.024081°N 95.1389253°E |
| Type | Endorheic saline lake |
| Primary inflows | Golmud River |
| Basin countries | China |
| Max. length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Max. width | 4–7.5 km (2–5 mi) |
| Surface area | 184–334 km2 (71–129 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 0.5–1.02 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 4 in) |
| Max. depth | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Surface elevation | 2,675 m (8,776 ft) |
| Dabusun Lake | |||||||||
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 A map of Dabusun Lake in the central Qarhan Playa (1975) | |||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 達布遜鹽湖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 达布逊盐湖 | ||||||||
| Postal | Dabasun Nor | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Dabusun Salt Lake | ||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||
| Mongolian script | (ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ) ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ | ||||||||
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 The Sanhu Depression in 2014, with Dabusun in the southeast (ESA) | |||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ | ||||
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Dabusun or Dabuxun Lake, alternately known as Dabasun Nor, is a lake beside the town Qarhan, just north of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. Fed by the main course of the Golmud River, it is the largest present-day lake in the Qarhan Playa. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline, with 307–338 grams of salt per liter of water (2.5 lb/gallon).