Yemeni 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.2025.07.10.V1
Published:July 2025
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Key Words：
Yemen,oasis,Asia,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Yemeni Oasis is located at the southwestern of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, bordering the Indian Ocean, between 12°35′38″N and 16°48′03″N, 42°45′15″E and 52°14′19″E. The total area is 17,271.13 km² (Albers). It is composed of 47 individual oases, including the Hodeidah Oasis and Al-Hazm Oasis, etc. Among them, the Hodeidah Oasis is the largest one, with an area of 11,150.95 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 202 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 76 MB).
Foundation Item：
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023TSYCLJ0049)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Yemeni Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.07.10.V1.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
YemeniOasis.kmz |
31103.36KB |
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| 2 |
YemeniOasisshp.rar |
46821.47KB |
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