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• OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan See also:

• DESERT

desert: it probably represents an See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)  , a fertile spot surrounded by See also:

• DESERT

desert . For example, where the high See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of the Libyan desert descends into a See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal valley between Syrtis and the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta there are a few spots where the See also:

• WATER

water comes to the See also:

• SURFACE

surface or is found in shallow See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells . It may come to the surface in springs, upon the artesian principle, or it may collect and remain in See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain hollows . These areas are of small extent and are closely cultivated, and support thick forests of date-palms . All kinds of tropical vegetables, grains and small fruits grow under cultivation, and See also:

• LAND

land- is so See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious in these limited areas of See also:

• GREAT

great richness and fertility that very narrow pathways See also:

• DIVIDE

divide each owner's See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot from his See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour's . Wherever oases are found they See also:

• PRESENT

present similar features, and are naturally the halting-places and points of departure of desert caravans .