Afghan Oasis
GUI Dongwei1,2LIN Jingwu1,3Peter GOETHALS4LIU 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 Water Ecology and Sustainable Water Management，Ghent University，East Flanders 9000，Belgium5 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.06.03.V1
Published:June 2025
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Key Words：
Afghanistan,oasis,Asia,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
Afghan Oasis is located in Central Asia, between 30°08′20″N and 37°37′00″N, 61°00′09″E and 74°41′25″E. It is mainly formed by rivers, and has a total area of 53,891.26 km² (Albers). It is composed of 46 individual oases, including the Helmand River Oasis, Farah River Oasis and Harirud River Oasis, etc. Among them, the Helmand River Oasis is the largest one with an area of 25,240.16 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 680 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 261 MB).
Foundation Item：
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023TSYCLJ0049)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Peter GOETHALS, LIU Chuang. Afghan Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.06.03.V1.
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[6] Helmand River [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmand_River.
[7] Farah River [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farah_River.
[8] Harirud River [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_(Afghanistan).
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
AfghanOasis.kmz |
118893.26KB |
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| 2 |
AfghanOasisshp.rar |
149068.74KB |
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