Mongolian Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3 Sameh Kotb ABD-ELMABOD4 LIU 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 Sciences3 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.2025.08.16.V1
Published:Aug. 2025
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Key Words：
Mongolia,oasis,Asia,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Mongolian Oasis is located in western Mongolia, in the northeastern part of Asia, formed by lakes. It is between 44°50′26″N and 50°45′40″N, 90°08′09″E and 101°37′22″E, with an area of 19,937.56 km² (Albers). It is composed of 23 individual oases, including Uvs Lake Oasis, Khar-Us Lake Oasis and Airag Lake Oaisis, etc. Among them, the Uvs Lake Oasis is the largest one with an area of 6,851.72 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 80.9 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 32.5 MB).
Foundation Item：
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023TSYCLJ0049)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Mongolian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.08.16.V1.
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[5] Uvs Lake [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvs_Lake.
[6] Khar-Us Lake [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khar-Us_Lake.
[7] Airag Lake [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airag_Lake.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
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| 1 |
MongolianOasis.kmz |
15333.55KB |
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| 2 |
MongolianOasisshp.rar |
18020.78KB |
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