Mauritanian 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.2025.04.11.V1
Published:Apr. 2025
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Key Words：
Mauritania,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia,
Abstract：
Mauritanian Oasis, is located in the western part of the Sahara Desert, between 15°2'39″N and 25°14'31″N, 6°31'51″W and 17°3'45″W, with a total area of 10,855.64 km² (Albers). It is composed of 68 individual oases, including Senegal River Oasis, Nbeika Oasis and Atar Oasis, etc. Among them, the Senegal River Oasis is the largest one with an area of 6,933.15 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 94.4 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 40.9 MB).
Foundation Item：
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42361144792)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Mauritanian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.04.11.V1.
References：
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Data Product:
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Data Name |
Data Size |
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MauritanianOasis.kmz |
19050.83KB |
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| 2 |
MauritanianOasisshp.rar |
22885.81KB |
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