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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

oases

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: Fertile or green spots in a desert or wasteland, made so by the presence of the water due to the water table reaching the surface.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/32538.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/32538
Used For: oasis
Broader Term: landforms
Related Term: deserts
Spanish: oases
Term Number: 32538

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