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Example sentences for: oases

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Silk Road enthusiasts fly from Beijing or Xi’an to Urumqi in the far west, returning via the exotic desert oases of Turpan and Dunhuang for the Buddhist cave treasures and camel rides to sand-locked lakes.
After watching coachloads of foreign tourists clamoring to buy souvenirs at every stop, from the Forbidden City to the oases of Xinjiang, the Chinese authorities have opened shops wherever visitors go.
Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu (Kansu) Province, which extends from the farmland of the Yellow River basin through the narrow Gansu corridor, with its steep rocky mountains, to China’s far west of desert and oases.
The areas surrounding the springs were desert oases: sprawling collections of grasses, trees, and wildlife.
Phoenix Park in the northwest is the largest open space, but squares like St. Stephen’s Green are the garden oases of the city.