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	Oasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source.
		The location of oases has been of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in desert areas.
		For example the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both North-South and East-West trade in the Sahara desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oasis (194 words)

	OASES: Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		OASES is a general purpose computer code for modeling seismo-acoustic propagation in horizontally stratified waveguides using wavenumber integration in combination with the Direct Global Matrix solution technique.
		OASES is downward compatible with SAFARI, and the preparation of input files follows the guidelines of the SAFARI manual.
		The documentation for OASES is available as a supplement to the SAFARI manual either on-line or in LaTeX format in the oases/doc directory of the distribution.
	acoustics.mit.edu /faculty/henrik/oases.html (821 words)

	Oases & Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Egyptian oases correspond fairly with the Hollywood/Disney-like image of an oasis, where sand dunes suddenly turn into lush palm groves with a fresh-water pond in the middle.
		Some of the oases have blurred borders, where the gardens and settlements in the outskirts are poor and ugly.
		Tourism has had a positive impact on the oases; the inhabitants have been taught that they possess something unique, so valuable that people from the other side of the world come to discover it.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/index-oases.htm (732 words)

	Joshua Tree NP Fan Palm Oases
		The verdant display requires a constant supply of water so oases often occur along fault lines, where uplifted layers of hard impermeable rock forces underground water to the surface.
		But water, in the form of flash floods, is also the most common cause of death for desert fan palms living in narrow canyons.
		During the day, a flash of yellow-orange might be a hooded oriole preparing to build its woven sack-like nest under the large green leaves of a desert fan palm.
	www.nps.gov /jotr/nature/features/oases/oases.html (664 words)

	Egypt - The Oases
		Egypt’s oases are just that: unspoilt refuges from the modern world, pockets of civilization in the dramatic setting of the desert.
		Surrounded by sand and sky, the oases have a sense of timelessness rare in the 20
		The most isolated of the New Valley Oases it is renowned for its strong traditions and piety.
	www.travelvantage.com /egy_oases.html (913 words)

	Oasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In some oases the ground water is close enough to the surface to allow plant roots to reach it.
		Many oases are very fertile, due to constant supplies of water and hot climate with much sun.
		Agriculture in oases is dominated by date palms, but there is a great variety of other crops, including citrus fruits, figs, peaches, apricots, vegetables and cereals like wheat, barley and millet.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/oasis.htm (286 words)

	Deserts of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is 325 km far from Cairo, the oases are famous for their palm trees, olives, apricots, rice, and corn.
		Bawiti is the capital of Bahariya oases that occupies a hillside.
		The oases are famous for their 398 mineral and sulphur springs.
	www.geocities.com /alziker/oases.htm (835 words)

	The Oases
		Surrounded by sand and sky, the oases have a sense of timelessness rare in the 20th century.
		Bawiti is the capital of Baharia Oases that occupies a hillside.
		The four New Valley oases are situated along a dead, prehistoric branch of the Nile and depend on springs and wells tapping underground water.
	www.middleeast.com /oases.htm (1584 words)

	Hotels in the Oases of the Western Desert in Egypt - MyWay Travel
		The Western Desert, or 2/3 of Egypt have six main oases, one close to Libya, four in a curved row from Cairo to Luxor and the last south of Cairo.
		Kharga is the administrative centre for the oases in Wadi Gedid (Baharia, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga) and have ancient Egyptian temples, important early Christian history and a small but important museum with a collection from Pharaonic times, Christian and Islamic area.
		Is it your first time on a camel, plan at least a few days in one of the oases so you gradually can get used to ride the "ship of the desert".
	www.egyptmyway.com /hotels/westerndesert (821 words)

	Geographical: Changes afoot at the oasis: Jose Navarro visited Egypt's five oases to see how changes are affecting the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Geographical: Changes afoot at the oasis: Jose Navarro visited Egypt's five oases to see how changes are affecting the desert dwellers.
		Changes afoot at the oasis: Jose Navarro visited Egypt's five oases to see how changes are affecting the desert dwellers.
		The `New Valley' development, of which Toshka is a part, is changing life across Egypt's five Western Desert oases.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:82879289&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (211 words)

	Moon Miners' Manifesto: SPACE OASES Part 1
		Yet a third possibility awaiting further dev elopment in high temperature superconductivity is a girdle of Moon-sited solar power stations linked by superconducting cable so that solar energy could be beamed by way of relay satellites to all parts of Earth at all times of the month.
		This is another enormous advantage since, given the supposed maximum spin rate of 1 rpm to avoid serious Coriolis problems, the lower gravity facility can be built with a proportionately reduced radius and would be subject to proportionately reduced structural stress.
		Such a transitel would not be a grand resort but probably provide on board education for the settlers about Mars and the technologies needed to render life possible there, and even assembly bays where they could assemble equipment that had been put aboard as parts to be used on Mars.
	www.asi.org /adb/06/09/03/02/011/first-locations.html (981 words)

	Oases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Egypt there are plenty of oases in the Western Desert.
		The New Valley Oases occupies some 67% of the Western Desert and 45.8% of the total area of Egypt.
		In one spring, the water temperature reaches 43 C and is suitable for the treatment of rheumatic and digestive ailments, colds and allergies.The oases are famed for their dry climate most of the year, and humidity never exceeds 9.5%.
	www.egypttourism.org /English/Sites/Oasis/oasis.htm (741 words)

	Western Egypt 2006 Total Eclipse Tours - Solar eclipse - March 29th, 2006 - Oases of Egypt archaeological tour - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This arid expanse, running for hundreds of miles west of the Nile to the border with Libya, is dotted by Siwa, Dakhla, Bahariya, Farafra, and Karga, and a sixth, the Fayoum, with five verdant spring-fed oases, that were created during the time of the pharaohs.
		These oases rarely receive rain, but instead collect water from numerous wells, some 400 feet deep, springing from the porous sandstone lying beneath the desert sand.
		As we journey between the oases, we will travel in 4-wheel drive vehicles that may not be air-conditioned.
	www.farhorizon.com /Africa/oases-of-egypt-eclipse.htm (2665 words)

	Atacama Desert, flamingoes, geysers, volcanoes, oases
		There are salt lakes full of flamingoes, geysers which erupt at daybreak, oases of a miniature and perfect kind, countless archaeological relics from the ancient graves which were perfectly preserved by the dryness and minerals.
		There are special plants and cacti and, in parts of the desert after a rare fall of rain, flowers.
		Pink flamingoes together with Llamas, Vicunas, Guanacos and many other species of fauna and flora can be found living in perfect harmony in the many oases and lakes located in the area.
	www.cascada-expediciones.com /places/atacama/atacama.htm (300 words)

	WWF - WWF-Italy dedicates day to migrating birds
		The Oasesâ Day was not merely a day of celebration but also one of mobilization and for a call for action.
		On the occasion of the Day for the Oases, WWF-Italy called attention to this fact and asked for a National Park to be established at the River Po delta and a Regional Park at the Venice Lagoon.
		As a build up to the Oasesâ Day, WWF-Italy with EBN Italia, an association which promotes birdwatching, launched a monitoring project to track birdsâ presence, arrival and departure in the country and particularly in the oases.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/other_news/news.cfm?uNewsID=6905 (415 words)

	Illinois Tollway Oases Redevelopment Project
		Six of the seven oases are built atop bridges spanning the Illinois Tollway's roadways (the DeKalb Oasis is a roadside structure).
		The new oases, featuring state-of-the-art MEP systems, are essentially glassed in sky bridges, with glass curtain wall (1-inch-thick insulating, transparent glass with a special coating to increase energy efficiency) spanning the terrazzo floors to the 30-foot-high ceilings.
		The public/private venture of the oases program is completely new for the state of Illinois, and perhaps the nation.
	www.acppubs.com /index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA450703 (2333 words)

	OASES DDS Digital Documentation Module (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		OASES’ Digital Documentation module allows airlines to use business critical documentation within the system, for instance, automatically attaching AMM task data to relevant workcards.
		The data is freely available to all users of the system, subject to OASES standard security protocols and procedures, without the restrictions often imposed by aircraft manufacturers’ systems.
		Any planning documentation, such as SBs, ADs and the IPC can be referenced by OASES, as well as locally held information ie health and safety documentation.
	www.commsoft.co.uk /html/oasesmodules/digitaldocument.html (78 words)

	Illinois Tollway Launches Comprehensive Oases Redevelopment Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Planning for the Illinois Tollway Oases Redevelopment Project began with in-depth research to determine what features and amenities were important to drivers.
		Five of the seven oases will be completely redeveloped, with the DeKalb Oasis on the East-West Tollway (I-88) and the Des Plaines Oasis on the Northwest Tollway (I-90) being extensively remodeled and expanded.
		McHugh Construction is the primary contractor for the project, V3 Consultants is the civil engineer and Cordogan, Clark and Associates is the architect.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/06/17/163263.html (801 words)

	FOCUS on EGYPT - Oases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		he oases are famed for their numerous mineral and sulphur-rich springs, distinguished by their unique chemical composition which places them at the highest level world-wide.
		Most of the wells are found in the Fayyum, Kharga, Dakhla, Farafrah, Bahereya and Siwa oases as well as in the Qattara Depression.
		he network of roads linking the oases has attracted the cross-country tourist to drive from Cairo to Bahereya and from there to Farafrah and then Dakhla, onwards to Kharga and Assyut and back to Cairo, all the while enjoying the beautiful scenery for which the oases are famed.
	www.focusmm.com /egypt/oases_1.htm (168 words)

	International Travel News: Al-Khargah and al-Dakhlah oases in Egypt - Timeless Roads of the Mideast & Mediterranean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		People have lived in the six large oases in Egypt's western desert for more than five centuries, oases sustained from beneath by the Nile River and waters originating thousands of miles to the south in Africa.
		Egypt now encourages its youth to move to these oases with money and land in order to reduce the country's crowded conditions.
		Oases in the western desert really aren't geared for tourism; hence, locals viewed us with quiet reserve, though children smiled and often followed us as if we were leading a parade.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_9_27/ai_93989244 (1419 words)

	OASES ON SNOWBALL EARTH: A TALE OF THREE ICE-MASS TYPES
		Flowage causes the ‘sea glacier’ to be thicker at low latitudes and thinner at higher latitudes than thicknesses predicted by thermal diffusion alone, which pertain to landfast ice on shelves and inland seas.
		As snowball Earth slowly warms, tropical landfast ice eventually melts away, creating oases, while the tropical open ocean remains ice covered due to inflow of ice from higher latitudes.
		Oases are a natural part of the snowball Earth cycle, provided shelves exist below sea level.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_60608.htm (496 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - NASA unveils penguins' secret 'oases' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NASA satellites have found “oases” in iceberg-rich lands of the Antarctic which show where penguins feast and thrive, researchers said on Tuesday.
		These "oases" are actually warm patches in the normally ice-covered ocean along Antarctica's coast.
		Because there was plenty of krill to eat, the Adelie penguins could stay close by instead of going long distances to search for food, which would expose them to predators and other natural dangers, the scientists found.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/6A65D981-0EB2-4C03-B5B1-60B142C52FF8.htm (376 words)

	oases southern morocco desert travel dunes moroccan sahara.
		oases southern morocco desert travel dunes moroccan sahara.
		Stroll through the wide oases of the Moroccan south.
		Continue to the dunes of Tinfou, from which the caravans start to Timbuktu.
	www.motivat.com /morocco/oases.htm (322 words)

	Oases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Students will be able to define 5 features of an oases.
		Have a short class discussion on how it an oases relates to the Silk Road.
		Explain what an Oases is and why they were formed.
	www.students.l.csbsju.edu /lalaurich/oases%20lasson%20plan.htm (200 words)

	Participatory Management of Date Palm Plant Genetic Resources in Oases of the Maghreb
		Oases are bounded and fragile microenvironments maintained by the careful management of plant and other resources, allowing a diversity of species to flourish.
		The date palm is a key species in maintaining oasis diversity, providing conditions of increased shade, moisture, and soil stability that allow other species such as olives, almonds, pomegranates, figs, grapes, apricot, alfalfa, beans, barley and wheat to grow.
		The project will develop an integrated ecosystem approach to the management of the oases sites, focusing on activities that will serve to broaden the number of date palm varieties that will be grown in situ.
	www.ipgri.cgiar.org /themes/human/datepalms.htm (301 words)

	Kirker, kristne: DANSK OASE
		Dansk Oase ønsker endvidere at stå i et bredt inspirationsfællesskab med andre kristne kirkesamfund.
		Det er Oases hensigt at tjene og inspirere menighedsliv i Danmark frem for at etablere egen organisationsvirksomhed.
		Dansk Oase - Hoved-web-side for Dansk Oases Menighedsnetværk der har en vision om, at Gud kan og vil gøre sin kirke varm og levende og bringe den ind i en vækst til Kristi fylde.
	www.find.kirkerne.dk /DANSK_OASE.392.0.html (824 words)

	OASES, Inc.
		OASES, Inc. receives GPS software from Blue Marble...
		From time to time OASES has various surplus items that it cannot use.
		As part of our commitment to the environment, we choose not to dispose of these items, but would rather seek out other businesses that could put them to use or would be willing to trade for resources that OASES could use in our ongoing research and education.
	home.cfl.rr.com /shishilla (119 words)

	Illinois Tollway Opens First State-of-the-Art, Fully Redesigned Oases
		These Oases are destined to become daily stops for millions of Tollway customers." Planning for the Illinois Tollway Oases Redevelopment Project began with in-depth research to determine what features and amenities were important to drivers, and the new Oases buildings mark a dramatic departure from the former imposing concrete structures.
		The Oases will also feature increased exterior lighting in the parking lots and more than 10 security cameras monitored in an on-site security room and by an off-site security company to enhance safety for patrons.
		The new Oases feature more than four times as many restroom stalls, including men's and women's restrooms on both sides of the building with automatic flushing toilets and automatic sinks.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-30-2004/0002202785&EDATE= (1404 words)

	Sprawl threatens Saharan oases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the Star-Ledger: Sprawl threatens ancient Saharan oases.
		GHARDAIA, Algeria -- For miles there are only plains of orange Saharan sand, a dusty empty road, shepherds in white turbans leading camels and sheep to patches of parched grass.
		But it's increasingly under threat from a modern problem -- urban sprawl, which could one day crowd out the palm groves that make life here livable, and in turn, dry up the water supply.
	www.mirabilis.ca /archives/000550.html (184 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Dozens of teacher and student groups from schools across ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dozens of teacher and student groups from schools across the UAE have begun investigating the desert and oases after receiving four-figure cash grants from Shell to help them implement environmental field studies for entry into Shell's Better Environment Award 2005 (BEA).
		At briefing sessions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the teachers and pupils were instructed on how to carry out the field studies for the Award which is now in its 10th year.
		The BEA 2005 is organized by Shell with the co-operation and assistance of the UAE Ministry of Education and Youth, and supported by the Federal Environmental Agency (FEA), the Environmental Department of the Dubai Municipality and ERWDA (Environmental Research Wildlife and Development Agency).
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=76512 (358 words)

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