Saudi Arabian 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.2025.08.17.V1
Published:Aug. 2025
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Key Words：
Saudi Arabia,oasis, Asia,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Saudi Arabian Oasis is located in Arabian Peninsula, southwestern of the Asia, bordering the Indian Ocean, between 16°22′25″N and 31°31′27″N, 35°58′59″E and 55°31′46″E. The total area of the Saudi Arabian Oasis is 78,730.10 km² (Albers). It is composed of 264 individual oases, including Buraidah Oasis, Al-Ahsa Oasis and Riyadh Oasis, etc. Among them, the Buraidah Oasis is the largest one with an area of 18,100.64 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 879 MB (compressed into 2 files with 333 MB).
Foundation Item：
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023TSYCLJ0049)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Saudi Arabian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.08.17.V1.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
SaudiArabianOasis.kmz |
134340.15KB |
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| 2 |
SaudiArabianOasisshp.rar |
206751.02KB |
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