Chilean Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Sameh Kotb ABD-ELMABOD4LIU Chuang5
1 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Urumqi 830011，China2 Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Urumqi 830011，China3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100049，China4 Soils & Water Use Department，Agricultural and Biological Research Institute，National Research Centre，Cairo 12622，Egypt5 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.06.09.V1
Published:June 2025
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Key Words：
Chile,oasis,South America,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
The Chilean Oasis is located in the west of the Andes Mountains, bordering the Pacific Ocean, between 14°39′37″S and 31°37′59″S, 68°49′43″W and 75°37′18″W. The total area is 3,548.53 km² (Albers). It is composed of 41 individual oases, including Limarí River Oasis, La Serena Oasis and Copiapo River Oasis, etc. Among them, the Limarí River Oasis is the largest one with an area of 806.57 km². The dataset was developed based on Google Earth 2020 imagery and related maps. The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp data formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 84.9 MB (compressed into 2 files with 32.8 MB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Chilean Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.06.09.V1.
References：
[1] Beer, C. M. “A cold, hard asset”: conservation resource spectacle in Chilean Patagonia [J]. Geoforum, 2023, 143: 103773.
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[5] Shanghai Cihai Information Technology Co., Ltd. Dict.cn Online Dictionary (Version 5.8.2) [DB/OL]. https://www.dict.cn.
[6] Andes Mountain [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes.
[7] Chile [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile.
[8] Limarí River [EB/OL].https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limar%C3%AD_River.
[9] La Serena [EB/OL] . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Serena,_Chile.
[10] Copiapo River [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copiap%C3%B3_River.
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
ChileanOasis.kmz |
13605.59KB |
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| 2 |
ChileanOasisshp.rar |
19987.65KB |
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