Lebanese 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.2025.06.07.V1
Published:June 2025
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Key Words：
Lebanon,oasis, Asia,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
The Lebanese Oasis is located at the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and in Western Asia, between 33°29′29″N and 34°30′27″N, 35°38′09″E and 36°33′23″E. Its formations are characterized by agricultural valleys and forested mountainous regions, rather than isolated vegetation patches in deserts. The area is 1,607.14 km² (Albers). It is composed of only 1 individual oasis. 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 9.20 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 3.56 MB).
Foundation Item：
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023TSYCLJ0049)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Sameh Kotb AB, LIU Chuang. Lebanese Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.06.07.V1.
References：
[1] Amidi, J., Stephan, J. M., Maatouk, E. Reforestation for environmental services as valued by local communities: a case study from Lebanon [J]. Forestry Economics Review, 2020, 2(1): 97–115.
[2] GADM. Database of global administrative areas (Version 3.6) [DB/OL]. (2018-05-06). https://gadm.org/.
[3] GRDC. GRDC major river basins [DB/OL]. Global Runoff Data Centre. 2nd, rev. ed. Koblenz: Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), 2020.
[4] China Toponymy Committee. Foreign Geographical Names Translation Manual [M]. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 1993.
[5] Lebanon [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon.
[6] Mediterranean Sea [EB/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea.
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
Operation |
| 1 |
LebaneseOasis.kmz |
1448.48KB |
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| 2 |
LebaneseOasisshp.rar |
2205.11KB |
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