Mountain Oasis - Oman
Silvia Favaro
Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
The ancient Wakan village is located 2000 meters above the sea level, in a remote valley carved by Wadi Mistral. This mountain village is surrounded by an oasis farmed using terrace agriculture planted with fruit trees including pomegranates, grapes, figs, apricots, olives and peaches. The entire oasis is crossed by a 700 step staircase which follow a narrow falaj irrigation system. The water comes from an impermeable rock layer within the Jebel Akhdar, Western Hajar Mountains.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Silvia Favaro (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.1 MB
Width
3008 px
Height
2000 px
Aspect
188:125
Brand
Nikon
Model
D70
Exposure
18 mm f/18 1/1250 s
Taken
December 2018
Coordinates
23.1432, 57.7344
Tint
Moderate blue
Submitted
16 February 2022
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