Kenyan 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.2025.04.12.V1
Published:Apr. 2025
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Key Words：
Kenya,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Kenyan Oasis is located in eastern Africa, between 1°52'29″S and 4°6'30″N, 35°20'51″E and 41°53'57″E. Its total area is 7,829.66 km² (Albers). The Kenyan Oasis is mainly formed by rivers. It is composed of 12 individual oases, including the Habaswein Oasis, Tana River Oasis and Jubba River Oasis. Among them, the Habaswein Oasis is the largest one with an area of 5,112.26 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 15.1 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 6.59 MB).
Foundation Item：
Chinese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO (2023)；
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Kenyan Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.04.12.V1.
References：
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[9] Jubba River [Z/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubba_River.
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
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| 1 |
KenyanOasis.kmz |
2859.39KB |
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| 2 |
KenyanOasisshp.rar |
3893.86KB |
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