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For the English rock band, see Oasis (band). For other uses, see Oasis (disambiguation).
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Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara
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The Huacachina oasis in Ica, Peru
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Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara
In geography, an oasis (plural: oases) is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. The location of oases has been of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in desert areas. Caravans must travel via oases so that supplies of water and food can be replenished. Thus, political or military control of an oasis has in many cases meant control of trade on a particular route. For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both North-South and East-West trade in the Sahara desert. The word oasis came into English via Greek ὄασις oasis, borrowed directly from Egyptian wḥ3t or Demotic wḥỉ. It was not borrowed from Coptic ouaḥe (*/waħe/), as is sometimes suggested; the Greek word is attested several centuries before Coptic existed as a written language.

Notable oases

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  • (French) , Paris, Éditions IRD, coll. À travers champs, 2005, 440 p. ISBN 2-7099-1564-2

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Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher.
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An oasis is a watered fertile area in a desert.

Oasis or similar may also refer to:

Music

  • Oasis (band), a rock band from Manchester, England
  • Korg OASYS, a workstation synthesizer released in early 2005

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Geography - (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαία), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γράφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write"
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desert is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation. Deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm (10 in). In the Köppen climate classification system, deserts are classed as (BW).
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spring is a point where groundwater flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface.

Dependent upon the constancy of the water source (rainfall or snowmelt that infiltrates the earth), a spring may be ephemeral (intermittent) or
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Awjila (Arabic: أوجلة) is an oasis after which the Awjila language, an Eastern Berber language spoken there, is named. The people cultivate small gardens using water from deep wells. They are Sunni Muslims.
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State Party Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Type Cultural
Criteria v
Reference 362
Region Arab States

Inscription History
Inscription 1986  (10th Session)
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al-jamāhīriyyatu l-`arabiyyatu l-lībiyyatu š-ša`biyyatu l-ištirākiyyatu l-`uZmà
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Part of a on Trade routes

Major Routes
Amber Road Hrvejen . Incense Route
Kamboja-Dvaravati Route . King's Highway
Roman-India routes . Royal Road
Silk Road Spice Route .
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Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
 European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
 European Union
 Italy
 Turkey
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Writing system: hieroglyphs, cursive hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic and Coptic (later, occasionally Arabic script in government translations)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: egy
ISO 639-3: egy
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Demotic
Child systems Coptic
Merotitic
→ Old Nubian


ISO 15924 Egyd

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Coptic}}} 
Writing system: Coptic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: cop
ISO 639-3: cop Coptic or Coptic Egyptian[3] ( Met.
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Al-Hasa or Hasa (Arabic: الأحساء al-Aḥsāʾ, locally al-Ḥasāʾ
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Motto
"There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is His messenger" (the Shahadah)
Anthem
"Aash Al Maleek"
"Long live the King"
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Pars Sea.[5]

Naming dispute



Since the 1960s with the rise of Arab nationalism (Pan-Arabism), starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Republic of Egypt, some Arab countries, including the ones bordering the Persian Gulf, have adopted the term "Arabian
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El-Waha el-Bahariya or Bahariya (Arabic: الواحة البحرية meaning the "northern oasis") is an oasis in Egypt.
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Gumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah
Arab Republic of Egypt


Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
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Ein Gedi (Hebrew: עין גדי‎, lit. Kid Spring (as in young goat); KJV Bible Engedi) is an oasis located west of the Dead Sea, close to Masada and the caves of Qumran.
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Anthem
Hatikvah
The Hope


Capital
(and largest city) Jerusalem

Official languages Hebrew, Arabic
Demonym Israeli
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Sinai Peninsula or Sinai (Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا; Arabic, sina'a سيناء; Sinin in most Semitic languages, Hebrew: סיני Si-nai
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The Farafra Oasis (Arabic: الفرافرة) is the smallest oasis located in Western Egypt near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East.
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Gaberoun (Arabic: قبر عون, alternate spelling Gaberoun, Gaber Awhn, Gabr Awhn, Gabr Own, Gabraun) is an oasis with a large lake located in the municipality Sabha in the Libyan Sahara.
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al-jamāhīriyyatu l-`arabiyyatu l-lībiyyatu š-ša`biyyatu l-ištirākiyyatu l-`uZmà
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Herğubreiğ is a tuya in the north-east of Iceland at . It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the desert Óğáğahraun and not far from Askja, another famous volcano.
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The Highlands of Iceland cover most of the interior of Iceland. They are situated above 400-500 metres and are mostly uninhabitable, because the water coming down as rain or snow does not remain this high in the ground.
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Anthem
Lofsöngur

Location of  Iceland

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Huacachina is a small town in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru. It is located in the Ica Province, near the city of Ica in the Ica District. The town has a population of 115 (1999).

Huacachina is built around a small lake in the desert.
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Anthem
Somos libres, seámoslo siempre   (Spanish)
"We are free, may we always be so"
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