“柴达木”是蒙古语的译音,通常译为盐泽,其实,正确的释意应是平坦、宽广和辽阔。柴达木盆地有盐湖27个,比较大的有马海湖、苏干湖、西台吉乃尔湖、东台吉乃尔湖、牛郎织女湖、柯柯湖、茶卡湖等。干盐湖五个,它们是察尔汗盐湖、一里坪湖、察汗斯拉图湖、大浪滩湖、昆特依湖。盐湖和干盐湖两者总面积达15600平方千米。盐湖内矿产资源丰富,钾、镁、硼、锂、钠、石盐等为其主要矿种。在我国 “Qaidam ” is a Mongolian transliteration, usually translated as salt, in fact, the correct interpretation should be flat, broad and vast. There are 27 salt lakes in the Qaidam basin. There are Mahai Lake, Sugan Lake, Xishuijinar Lake, Dongtai Lake Gurney, Cowherd Lake, Lake Koca, and Chaka Lake. Five dry lakes, they are Chaerhan Salt Lake, a mile Ping Lake, Lake Khan Si La Tu, Dalang Tan Lake, Lake Kwai according to. Salt Lake and dry salt lake both the total area of ​​15,600 square kilometers. Salt Lake is rich in mineral resources, potassium, magnesium, boron, lithium, sodium, stone salt as its main mineral species. In my country