Somali 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.2025.05.07.V1
Published:May 2025
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Key Words：
Somalia,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Somali Oasis is situated on the Horn of Africa’s Somali Peninsula, bordering the Indian Ocean, between 3°07′34″N and 11°46′22″N, 41°51′40″E and 51°13′57″E. The total area is 1,689.99 km² (Albers). The Somali Oasis is composed of 15 individual oases, including the Shebelle River Oasis, Jubba River Oasis, and Berbera Oasis, etc. Among them, the Shebelle River Oasis is the largest one with an area of 862.37 km². The dataset was developed based on Google Earth 2020 imagery and related maps. The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 12.3 MB (compressed into 2 files with 5.19 MB).
Foundation Item：
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42361144792)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Somali Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.05.07.V1.
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Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
SomaliOasis.kmz |
2323.63KB |
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| 2 |
SomaliOasisshp.rar |
2998.53KB |
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