Egyptian Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2,3LIN Jingwu1,3,4Sameh Kotb ABD-ELMABOD5LIU Chuang6
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 Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystems，Cele 848300，China5 Soils & Water Use Department，Agricultural and Biological Research Institute，National Research Centre，Cairo 12622，Egypt6 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.02.10.V1
Published:Feb. 2025
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Key Words：
Egypt,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
The Egyptian Oasis is distributed along the Nile River and in the low-lying desert areas. It mainly consists of the Nile River Oasis, Toshka Lake Oasis, Farafra Oasis, and Dakhla Oasis, etc. It is located between 22°9′11″N and 31°37′28″N, 24°53′5″E and 35°37′8″E, with the total area of 82,453.44 km² (Albers). It contains 168 individual oases. Among them, the largest oasis is Nile River Oasis, which covers an area of 71,355.43 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 649 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 253 MB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Egyptian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.02.10.V1.
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Data Product:
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Data Name |
Data Size |
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EgyptianOasis.kmz |
118273.35KB |
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| 2 |
EgyptianOasisshp.rar |
141308.87KB |
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