Not only sand desert. In some locations there are natural lakes where the water comes from local water sources as well as those derived from the annual rainfall.Here also usually found palm trees and plants even fruit and lush gardens. In this oasis of such populations is usually formed. Unfortunately, many of which disappeared due to various reasons.
1. Ubari lakes, Oasis Awbari Erg, Sahara
Its location near Fezzan and 30 km north of Germa, Libya. Saltpan This is an emporium location for local residents who mostly sell souvenirs and other items at the edge of the lake.
Umm Al-Maa, meaning Mother of Water, is one of the largest lake in this oasis.Unfortunately, like other lakes, the layer of water in this area so deep that these lakes began to dry up.
Coincided with the start dirty water, no matter the level of salt is equivalent to the Dead Sea. The high salt in the lake Umm Al-Maa make you easy to float when bathing here.
Former Gebraoun city that has been abandoned is located not far from here with the impressive ruins of the building indicate that the lakes here have relied adequate and qualified.
2. Huacachina Oasis, Peru
Hucachina is a small oasis town in the area of Ica, southwestern Peru. Oasis named "Oasis of the Americas" is a resort popular with foreign and domestic tourists. Local legend tells that the lake was formed when the young hunter disturbing a beautiful daughter who was in the shower. Puteri is soon going to disappear leaving a pool of water that later became lakes.
3. Oasis Turpan, China
Turpan, or also known as Tulufan, an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur region, China.Located just 8 km west of the ruins of Jiaohe city, an area border garrison troops which was destroyed by Genghis Khan in the Han Dynasty.
4. Lake Desert in Brazil
This wonderful desert lake is located in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhao, Brazil. Formed as part of a freshwater lake system that comes from rain during the first six months of each year and then will gradually evaporate the water and next year will rise again. Some lakes of which there are palm trees, while others are barren
5. Lake Creescent in the Gobi Desert China
This desert lake located on the edge of an ancient city that can be found on the journey along the Silk Road to the West. When this began to dry up and down more than 25 feet in 30 years because it is used directly by farmers and a growing population. This resulted in gradual disappearance of these lakes that have existed for thousands of years ago.
6. Chebika Oasis, Tunisia
This beautiful oasis oasis which is probably the most viewed people without people knowing it. This is where the location filming of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.Eventually even this oasis name taken from one of the characters in the film that is Chewbacca.
7. Timia Oasis, Sahara Desert, Niger
Timia oasis located in the Air Mountains (northern Nigeria), is the most beautiful oasis in this country for a reason. Not just because the picture of a lake in the middle of his palm desert with few trees only, in dalamya there are also gardens lush with citrus and pomegranates are ready to be picked and eaten on the spot (with pay of course).
Several kinds of other fruit trees, cereals, and vegetables are also grown here. The produce is even sent to other areas in Nigeria.
8. Oasis in Oman
This green oasis hidden in the desert of Oman. Some of the oasis in the sultanate of Oman is often used as a botanical studies in the field of agro-biodiversity. The researchers are also looking for reasons why the number of oases to decrease rapidly.
Actually there are many other natural oasis in the face of this earth, but at least this is what was left and used by humans and documented.
Source: http://aneh-tapi-nyata.blogspot.com/2009/10/oasis-di-gurun-pasir.html
1. Ubari lakes, Oasis Awbari Erg, Sahara
Its location near Fezzan and 30 km north of Germa, Libya. Saltpan This is an emporium location for local residents who mostly sell souvenirs and other items at the edge of the lake.
Umm Al-Maa, meaning Mother of Water, is one of the largest lake in this oasis.Unfortunately, like other lakes, the layer of water in this area so deep that these lakes began to dry up.
Coincided with the start dirty water, no matter the level of salt is equivalent to the Dead Sea. The high salt in the lake Umm Al-Maa make you easy to float when bathing here.
Former Gebraoun city that has been abandoned is located not far from here with the impressive ruins of the building indicate that the lakes here have relied adequate and qualified.
2. Huacachina Oasis, Peru
Hucachina is a small oasis town in the area of Ica, southwestern Peru. Oasis named "Oasis of the Americas" is a resort popular with foreign and domestic tourists. Local legend tells that the lake was formed when the young hunter disturbing a beautiful daughter who was in the shower. Puteri is soon going to disappear leaving a pool of water that later became lakes.
3. Oasis Turpan, China
Turpan, or also known as Tulufan, an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur region, China.Located just 8 km west of the ruins of Jiaohe city, an area border garrison troops which was destroyed by Genghis Khan in the Han Dynasty.
4. Lake Desert in Brazil
This wonderful desert lake is located in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhao, Brazil. Formed as part of a freshwater lake system that comes from rain during the first six months of each year and then will gradually evaporate the water and next year will rise again. Some lakes of which there are palm trees, while others are barren
5. Lake Creescent in the Gobi Desert China
This desert lake located on the edge of an ancient city that can be found on the journey along the Silk Road to the West. When this began to dry up and down more than 25 feet in 30 years because it is used directly by farmers and a growing population. This resulted in gradual disappearance of these lakes that have existed for thousands of years ago.
6. Chebika Oasis, Tunisia
This beautiful oasis oasis which is probably the most viewed people without people knowing it. This is where the location filming of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.Eventually even this oasis name taken from one of the characters in the film that is Chewbacca.
7. Timia Oasis, Sahara Desert, Niger
Timia oasis located in the Air Mountains (northern Nigeria), is the most beautiful oasis in this country for a reason. Not just because the picture of a lake in the middle of his palm desert with few trees only, in dalamya there are also gardens lush with citrus and pomegranates are ready to be picked and eaten on the spot (with pay of course).
Several kinds of other fruit trees, cereals, and vegetables are also grown here. The produce is even sent to other areas in Nigeria.
8. Oasis in Oman
This green oasis hidden in the desert of Oman. Some of the oasis in the sultanate of Oman is often used as a botanical studies in the field of agro-biodiversity. The researchers are also looking for reasons why the number of oases to decrease rapidly.
Actually there are many other natural oasis in the face of this earth, but at least this is what was left and used by humans and documented.
Source: http://aneh-tapi-nyata.blogspot.com/2009/10/oasis-di-gurun-pasir.html
