盆地的总体结构表现为东昆仑山和祁连山相向向盆地挤压对冲，盆地中部沉降的构造格局。
The general structure of the basin is marked by the tectonic framework of compressional ramp of the East Kunlun Mountains and the Qilian Mountains toward and subsidence of the central part of the basin .
东和山