Cameroonian Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Remonda DIMIAN4LIU 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.2025.09.07.V1
Published:Sep. 2025
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Key Words：
Cameroon,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Cameroonian Oasis is primarily distributed around Lake Chad in the arid Sahel-Sudan climatic zone of northern Cameroon, between 12°27′29″N and 13°04′41″″N, 14°05′08″E and 14°34′07″E. Despite recent shrinkage of the lake’s surface area, oasis agriculture relying on lake water persists in the surrounding areas, cultivating crops such as date palms and cereals. The oasis serves as vital agricultural and residential hubs for local communities. The area of the Cameroonian Oasis is 2,035.32 km² (Albers). It is one individual oasis. 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 1.77 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 783 KB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Cameroonian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.09.07.V1.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
CameroonianOasis.kmz |
331.49KB |
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| 2 |
CameroonianOasisshp.rar |
452.35KB |
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