swap_horiz Ounianga Kebir Alternatives

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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

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Al Ain Oasis

Al Ain Oasis is a cultivated oasis in the city of Al Ain within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its date...

Unesco Uae Abu Dhabi Date Palms

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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

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Ounianga Serir

Ounianga Serir is the southeastern group within the Lakes of Ounianga, a system of permanent lakes in the hyper-arid Enn...

Saline Unesco Lakes Chad

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Ghadames Oasis

Ghadames is an oasis town in western Libya near the borders with Algeria and Tunisia, historically situated on trans-Sah...

Historic Unesco Libya Berber

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Merzouga Oasis

Merzouga Oasis is a small Moroccan village in Errachidia Province on the edge of Erg Chebbi, one of Morocco's largest sa...

Tourism Morocco Dunes Sahara

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Djanet Oasis

Djanet Oasis is a remote Algerian oasis town in Illizi Province near the Libyan border, serving as the gateway to Tassil...

Algeria Rock Art Sahara Tuareg

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Waw an Namus

Waw an Namus is a volcanic caldera in the central Libyan Sahara, surrounded by a broad field of dark basaltic material t...

Remote Volcanic Libya Sahara

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Chinguetti Oasis

Chinguetti Oasis is an ancient Mauritanian oasis city in Adrar Region, once a major gathering point for West African pil...

Historic Islamic Unesco Mauritania

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Draa Valley Oases

The Draa Valley oases form an irrigated corridor along the Draa River in southern Morocco, extending toward the Sahara t...

Morocco Berber Sahara Date Palms

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Tozeur Oasis

Tozeur is an oasis city in southwestern Tunisia, situated north of the Chott el-Jerid salt lake near the Sahara. Its ext...

Tourism Tunisia Springs Sahara

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Bahla Oasis

Bahla Oasis is a historic settlement in Oman's Ad Dakhiliyah region, near the foothills of the Al Hajar Mountains. It is...

Unesco Fort Oman Date Palms

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Ouadane Oasis

Ouadane Oasis is a historic Mauritanian oasis town in Adrar Region, founded in the 12th century as a caravan crossroads...

Historic Caravan Unesco Mauritania

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Dakhla Oasis

Dakhla Oasis is a group of settlements and cultivated areas in Egypt's Western Desert, between the oases of Farafra and...

Natural Historic Egypt Sahara

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Ubari Oasis

Ubari is an oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, near the dune fields of the Ubari Sand Sea. The surro...

Scenic Libya Sahara Fezzan

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Nefta Oasis

Nefta is a town and oasis in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border and the Chott el Djerid salt lake. Its histo...

Tunisia Springs Sahara Date Palms

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Timimoun Oasis

Timimoun Oasis is an Algerian oasis town in Adrar Province known as the 'Red Oasis' for its distinctive red-ochre archit...

Scenic Algeria Sahara Red Oasis

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Oualata Oasis

Oualata is a historic oasis town in southeastern Mauritania that developed as a Saharan caravan, religious, and scholarl...

Historic Caravan Unesco Mauritania

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Wadi El Natrun

Wadi El Natrun is a desert valley in northern Egypt, west of the Nile Delta, containing alkaline lakes rich in natron sa...

Natural Monastic Egypt Sahara

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Faya-Largeau Oasis

Faya-Largeau is a town and oasis in northern Chad and the administrative capital of Borkou Region. Its groundwater and p...

Chad Sahara Date Palms Regional Hub

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