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oasis


Saharan oasis
Saharan oasis
A fertile area in the midst of a desert. The water source is generally a spring; though in the Sahara many oases have sprung up around wells. They may be hundreds of square kilometers in area, or merely a few trees clumped together.


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Source: U.S. Geological Survey


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