swap_horiz Sabha Oasis Alternatives

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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

2

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

3

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

8.2 Great

4

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

8.1 Great

5

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

7.7 Good

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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

7.7 Good

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Germa Oasis

The ancient capital of the Garamantian civilization in Libya's Fezzan, occupied from roughly 500 BCE to 700 CE and notab...

Historic Ancient Libya Fezzan

7.7 Good

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Kharga Oasis

Kharga Oasis is the largest of the principal oases in Egypt's Western Desert and the administrative center of New Valley...

Natural Egypt Largest Sahara

7.6 Good

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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

7.6 Good

10

Bahariya Oasis

Bahariya Oasis is a natural depression located in Egypt's Western Desert, approximately 370 kilometers southwest of Cair...

Natural Egypt Springs Sahara

7.5 Good

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Farafra Oasis

Farafra Oasis is an agricultural settlement and depression in Egypt's Western Desert, notable for being the smallest and...

Natural Remote Egypt Sahara

7.4 Good

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Murzuq Oasis

Murzuq is a town and historic oasis in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, within the Sahara. It served as the capi...

Historic Remote Libya Sahara

7.0 Good

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Kufra Oasis

A remote oasis cluster in southeastern Libya near the Sudan border, historically a stronghold of the Senussi Brotherhood...

Remote Large Libya Sahara

6.9 Fair

14

Touggourt Oasis

Touggourt Oasis is an Algerian oasis city and capital of Touggourt Province in the northeastern Sahara, historically a s...

Natural Algeria Sahara Salt Lake

6.7 Fair

15

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

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Faya-Largeau Oasis

Largest oasis settlement in northern Chad and capital of the Borkou region, contested as a strategic military site durin...

Chad Sahara Date Palms Regional Hub

6.4 Fair

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Tazirbu Oasis

A small oasis in southeastern Libya near the Kufra Basin, serving as a sparse desert waypoint and drawing water from the...

Natural Remote Libya Sahara

5.8 Mediocre

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Maradah Oasis

A small oasis town in north-central Libya's Sirte Basin, historically a desert waypoint on routes linking the Mediterran...

Natural Springs Libya Sahara

5.8 Mediocre

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Bir Natrun

Small oasis in northwestern Sudan historically valued for its natron deposits, a mineral salt used in ancient Egyptian m...

Natural Remote Sudan Sahara

5.7 Mediocre

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Zribet El Oued Oasis

A small oasis settlement in Algeria's Biskra Province within the Ziban date palm region, lying southeast of Biskra city...

Natural Algeria Sahara Date Palms

5.7 Mediocre