Malian 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.2025.04.10.V1
Published:Apr. 2025
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Key Words：
Mali,oasis,Africa,data encyclopedia,
Abstract：
Malian Oasis is located in the southwestern part of the Sahara Desert, between 13°23'48″N and 17°05'23″N, 7°41'20″W and 0°45'55″E, with the total area of 49,979.07 km² (Albers). It consists of 24 oases, including the Niger River Oasis, Girel Oasis and Lake Gossi Oasis, etc. Among them, the Niger River Oasis is the largest, with an area of 48,822.08 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 60.8 MB (Compressed into 2 files with 27.5 MB).
Foundation Item：
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42361144792)
Data Citation：
GUI Dongwei, LIN Jingwu, Remonda DIMIAN, LIU Chuang. Malian Oasis[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.04.10.V1.
References：
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[6] Mali [Z/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali.
[7] Niger River [Z/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_River.
[8] Lake Gossi [Z/OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Gossi.
Data Product:
| ID |
Data Name |
Data Size |
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| 1 |
MalianOasis.kmz |
12808.39KB |
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| 2 |
MalianOasisshp.rar |
15357.15KB |
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