Tunisian 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.2025.06.02.V1
Published:June 2025
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Key Words：
Tunisia,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Tunisian Oasis, located in the north of the Sahara Desert, between 31°38′45″N and 37°04′12″N, 7°33′35″E and 11°26′09″E. The total area is 46,506.30 km² (Albers). It is composed of 77 individual oases, including the Chott el Jerid Lake Oasis, Djerba Oasis and Ar Rudayyif Oasis, etc. Among them, the largest oasis covers an area of 44,125.05 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 180 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 72.3 MB).
Foundation Item：
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42361144792)；
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Tunisian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.06.02.V1.
References：
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[9] Redeyef [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeyef.
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
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| 1 |
TunisianOasis.kmz |
31793.36KB |
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| 2 |
TunisianOasisshp.rar |
42335.19KB |
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