Southwestern American Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Jaime MARTINEZ-VALDERRAMA4LIU 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 Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio，Universidad de Alicante，San Vicente del Raspeig，Alicante 03690，Spain5 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.07.12.V1
Published:July 2025
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Key Words：
America,oasis,North America,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Southwestern American Oasis is primarily distributed across the arid regions of the southwestern United States, formed by unique hydrological conditions that sustain ecological and human activities, between 29°21′18″N and 47°28′12″N, 102°58′38″W and 122°24′35″W. The total area is 183,177.03 km² (Albers). It is composed of 512 individual oases, including the California Oasis, Bear River Oasis and Columbia River Oasis, etc. Among them, the California Oasis is the largest one with an area of 43,287.95 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 1.04 GB (Compressed into 2 files with 400 MB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Jaime MARTINE, LIU Chuang. Southwestern American Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.07.12.V1.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
SW_AmericanOasis.kmz |
161270.05KB |
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| 2 |
SW_AmericanOasisshp.rar |
248583.30KB |
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