swap_horiz Pica Oasis 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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Merv Oasis

The Merv Oasis in present-day Turkmenistan contains the remains of several cities that occupied successive sites along t...

Ancient Silk Road Mary Turkmenistan

8.7 Great

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Turpan Oasis

The Turpan Oasis is an inhabited and cultivated area within the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang, northwestern China, histo...

China Grape Silk Road Xinjiang

8.5 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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Ounianga Kebir

Ounianga Kebir is a settlement and group of lakes in the Sahara of northern Chad. It forms part of the Lakes of Ounianga...

Unesco Unique Lakes Chad

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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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

8.3 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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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

8.3 Great

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Kashgar Oasis

The Kashgar Oasis surrounds Kashgar in the western part of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, near the margins o...

China Historic Uyghur Silk Road

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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Al-Hasa Oasis

Al-Hasa Oasis, also written Al-Ahsa, is an extensive oasis landscape in eastern Saudi Arabia shaped by springs, wells, c...

Saudi Arabia Largest Date Palms Eastern Province

8.3 Great

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Toconao Oasis

Toconao is an Indigenous Atacameño village and oasis in Chile's Antofagasta Region, situated near the eastern margin of...

Natural High Altitude Chile Village

7.0 Good

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Socaire Oasis

Remote Atacameño village and oasis in Chile's Antofagasta Region, situated at high altitude on the volcanic plateau flan...

Natural High Altitude Agricultural Chile

6.6 Fair

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Matilla Oasis

Small oasis village in Chile's Tarapacá Region, historically noted for viticulture and a well-preserved colonial-era chu...

Small Chile Hot Springs Atacama

6.5 Fair

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El Hamma Oasis

El Hamma Oasis is a Tunisian oasis town in Gabès Governorate, known for its natural hot springs used therapeutically and...

Natural Thermal Tunisia Hot Springs

6.4 Fair