Golmud River

Golmud River
格尔木河
Golmud River is located in Qinghai
Golmud River
The mouth of the Golmud at Dabusun Lake
Native nameᠭᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ (Mongolian)
Location
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
PrefectureHaixi
CountyGolmud
Physical characteristics
MouthDabusun Lake
 • coordinates
36°59′33″N 95°05′49″E / 36.992510°N 95.097056°E / 36.992510; 95.097056
Basin size18,648 km2 (7,200 sq mi)
Golmud River
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese格爾木
Simplified Chinese格尔木
PostalNaichi Gol
Literal meaningRivers (in Mongolian)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGé'ěrmù Hé
Wade–GilesKe-erh-mu Ho
Tibetan name
Tibetanན་གོར་མོ
Transcriptions
WylieNa-gor-mo
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicᠭᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCGolmud

The Golmud or Ge'ermu River is a river in Golmud County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. It flows north from the Kunlun Mountains to Dabusun and (occasionally) West Dabusun Lakes in the central Qarhan Playa in the southeastern Qaidam Basin. The county seat Golmud lies along it.