7 Most Popular Oasis In The World

Not merely desert sand . At some location are natural lakes where the water comes from local water sources as well as those derived from annual rainfall . Here is also usually found palm trees and even fruit crops and lush gardens . In the location oasis as this is usually the population formed . Unfortunately many are lost due to various reasons .

1.       Ubari lakes , Oasis Awbari Erg , Sahara

Its location near the Fezzan and 30 km north of Germa , Libya . The salty lake is a central location for local residents who trade mostly sell souvenirs and other items at the edge of the lake .

Umm Al - Maa , meaning Mother Water , is one of the largest lakes in the oasis . Unfortunately , like other lakes , the water layer in this area so deep that these lakes began to dry up .

Coinciding with the start dirty water , the salt level was now the same as in the Dead Sea . The high salt in the lakes Umm Al - Maa keep you floating easy if bathing here .

Gebraoun former city that had been abandoned not far from here to the impressive ruins of the building shows that the lakes here have an adequate livelihood and quality .

2.       Oasis Huacachina , Peru

Hucachina is a small oasis town in the Ica , southwestern Peru . Oasis , named " Oasis of the Americas " is a popular resort among foreign and domestic tourists . Local legend tells that the lake was formed when the young hunter disrupt a beautiful daughter who was in the shower . The daughter immediately went disappeared leaving pools of water which later became lakes .

3.       Oasis of Turpan , China

Turpan , or also known as Tulufan , an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur region , China . Located just 8 miles west ruins of Jiaohe , a border area of ​​the garrison troops were destroyed by Genghis Khan in the Han Dynasty .

4.       Desert lake in Brazil

This beautiful desert lake located in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park , Maranhao , Brazil . Formed as part of a freshwater lake system that comes from the rain during the first six months of each year and then gradually evaporate the water and next year will be rising again . Several lakes of which there are palm trees , while others are barren

5.       Creescent lakes in the Gobi Desert of China

Desert lake is located at the end of an ancient city which can be found on the journey along the Silk Road to the West . When this begins to dry out and fell over 25 feet in 30 years because it is used directly by farmers and the population is increasing. This resulted in the gradual disappearance of this lake that has existed since thousands of years ago .

6.       Oasis Chebika , Tunisia

This beautiful oasis oasis is probably the most widely seen people without people realizing it . This is where location filming Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope . Eventually even this oasis name taken from one of the characters in the film that is Chewbacca .

7.       Timia Oasis , Sahara Desert , Nigeria

Timia oasis located in the water Mountains ( northern Nigeria ) , is the most beautiful oasis in this country for a reason . Not just because the picture of a lake in the middle of the desert with some of his palm trees alone , in dalamya there are also gardens lush with citrus and pomegranate are ready to be picked and eaten on the spot ( with pay of course ) .