花土沟是柴达木盆地西北角的一个海拔三千米的戈壁小镇。这里因油而兴,上世纪五十年代,第一批石油人进入柴达木盆地,跋山涉水骑着骆驼来到了这里,从此便有了花土沟石油小镇,从此便有了全国海拔最高的油田——青海油田。小镇为什么会有这样一个独特的名字呢?难道它的地表都是五颜六色的彩色土地?来到花土沟,映入眼帘的是无边的戈壁荒滩和土山沟壑。 Flower soil trench is the northwestern corner of the Qaidam basin an elevation of three kilometers Gobi town. Hing here because of oil, the fifties of last century, the first oil into the Qaidam Basin, camel riding camel riding here and there, since then there will be flower town oil town, from then on there will be the highest elevation Oilfield - Qinghai Oilfield. Why does the town have such a unique name? Is it the surface of colorful land of color? Came to the flower and soil ditch, greeted by the endless Gobi wasteland and soil mountain gully.