Argentine Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Sameh Kotb ABD-ELMABOD4LIU 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.2025.07.05.V1
Published:July 2025
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Key Words：
Argentina,oasis,South America,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Argentine Oasis, located in the west of the Andes Mountains, between 22°05′47″S and 34°09′06″S, 65°34′38″W and 69°32′11″W. The total area is 15,698.77 km² (Albers). It is composed of 60 individual oases, including Mendoza Oasis, Aimogasta Oasis and San Juan Oasis, etc. Among them, the Mendoza Oasis is the largest one with an area of 6,479.06 km². The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp data formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 116 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 46 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.Argentine Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.07.05.V1.
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[5] Aimogasta [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimogasta.
[6] San Juan [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan,_Argentina.
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Data Product:
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Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
FactorBiodiversityUrbanChina.xlsx |
146.81KB |
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| 2 |
ArgentineOasis.kmz |
19375.59KB |
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| 3 |
ArgentineOasisshp.rar |
27769.66KB |
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