Australian Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Jaime MARTINEZ-VALDERRAMA4LIU 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 Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio，Universidad de Alicante，San Vicente del Raspeig，Alicante 03690，Spain5 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.07.06.V1
Published:July 2025
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Key Words：
Australia,oasis,Oceania,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Australian Oasis is primarily located in the arid interior of central-eastern Australia between 18°28′52″S and 31°08′27″S, 113°31′01″E and 144°26′42″E. The total area is 93,648.42 km² (Albers). It is composed of 49 individual oases, including Cooper Creek Oasis, Diamantina River Oasis and Bancannia Lake Oasis, etc. Among them, the Cooper Creek Oasis is the largest one with an area of 23,374.01 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 123 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 50.8 MB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Jaime MARTINE, LIU Chuang. Australian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.07.06.V1.
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[5] Diamantina River [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamantina_River.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
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| 1 |
AustralianOasis.kmz |
21768.99KB |
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| 2 |
AustralianOasisshp.rar |
30251.18KB |
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