swap_horiz Big Spring (Texas) Alternatives

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Dunhuang Oasis

The Dunhuang Oasis is a vital historical site located in Gansu Province, China. It’s renowned for its exceptional preser...

China Historic Silk Road Gobi

9.2 Excellent

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Samarkand

Samarkand is a historic oasis city located in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. It flourished as the capital of the Timurid Empi...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

9.2 Excellent

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Bukhara

Bukhara is a historic oasis city located in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. It flourished as a key center along the Silk Road...

Historic Islamic Uzbekistan Central Asia

9.2 Excellent

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Khiva

Khiva is a historic oasis city in western Uzbekistan, near the Amu Darya and the edge of the Kyzylkum Desert. It served...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

8.9 Great

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Al-Ula Oasis

Al-Ula is an oasis and historic settlement area in northwestern Saudi Arabia, located along an ancient route linking Ara...

Natural Historic Saudi Arabia Nabataean

8.8 Great

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Al-Ahsa Oasis

Al-Ahsa Oasis is an extensive cultural landscape in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, shaped by natural springs, wells, c...

Historic Unesco Saudi Arabia Largest

8.4 Great

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San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama is a town and desert oasis in northern Chile, situated in the high, arid Atacama region. It is a ba...

Tourism Chile Springs Atacama

8.4 Great

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Ghardaia Oasis

Ghardaia Oasis is the chief city of the M'zab Valley in Algeria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, whose five his...

Historic Unesco Algeria M Zab

8.3 Great

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Cuatro Cienegas

Cuatro Cienegas is a desert basin, municipality, and protected natural area in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Its spring...

Wetland Endemic Mexico Springs

8.3 Great

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Ash Meadows Oasis

Ash Meadows is a spring-fed desert wetland complex in Nye County, Nevada, protected primarily within Ash Meadows Nationa...

USA Endemic Nevada Mojave

8.2 Great

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Balmorhea Springs

Balmorhea Springs is a vital desert oasis located in Reeves County, West Texas, primarily supplied by the underground wa...

USA Texas Swimming Artesian

7.3 Good

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Lost Palms Oasis

Lost Palms Oasis is a natural spring-fed oasis located within Joshua Tree National Park in the Colorado Desert region of...

USA California Springs Joshua Tree

7.3 Good

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Dumat al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jandal is a historic oasis city located in the Al-Jawf region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, recognized as one o...

Historic Ancient Saudi Arabia Springs

7.2 Good

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Furnace Creek Oasis

Furnace Creek Oasis is a natural, spring-fed oasis located in Death Valley National Park, California. It supports the Fu...

USA Historic California Springs

7.1 Good

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Fortynine Palms Oasis

Fortynine Palms Oasis is a natural desert oasis located within Joshua Tree National Park in California. Situated in a ro...

USA California Springs Joshua Tree

7.1 Good

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Gafsa Oasis

Gafsa Oasis is an ancient oasis city in west-central Tunisia, inhabited since prehistoric times and historically signifi...

Historic Roman Tunisia Springs

7.0 Good

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Tabuk Oasis

Tabuk Oasis is the historic oasis around Tabuk city in northwestern Saudi Arabia, near routes that connected the norther...

Natural Historic Saudi Arabia Springs

6.7 Fair

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Al-Kharj Oasis

Al-Kharj Oasis is an agricultural region south of Riyadh in central Saudi Arabia, where groundwater and artesian wells h...

Historic Agriculture Saudi Arabia Springs

6.6 Fair

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Nakhl Oasis

Nakhl Oasis is a settlement in central Sinai, Egypt, associated with springs, palm cultivation, and the historic overlan...

Natural Historic Egypt Springs

6.2 Fair

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Comstock Springs

Comstock Springs is a complex of desert springs near Comstock in Val Verde County, Texas. The springs provide scarce fre...

Natural USA Texas Springs

5.9 Mediocre