| West Dabusun Lake | |
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  West Dabusun Lake | |
| Location | Golmud County Haixi Prefecture Qinghai Province China |
| Coordinates | 37°05′00″N 94°47′21″E / 37.08333°N 94.78917°E |
| Type | Endorheic ephemeral saline lake |
| Primary inflows | Yuejin River (Golmud) |
| Basin countries | China |
| Surface area | 30 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 2,675 m (8,776 ft) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 西達布遜湖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西达布逊湖 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | West Dabusun Lake | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ | ||||||||
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West Dabusun or Dabuxun Lake is an ephemeral lake northwest of Golmud in the Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province in northwestern China. Comprising a basin in the Qarhan Playa, it fills when meltwater floods the Golmud River, causing it to spill into subsidiary channels west of the main course to Dabusun Lake. Like the other lakes of the surrounding Qaidam Basin, it is extremely saline.