Oases of Mobius (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

In Mobian geography, an oasis (/oʊˈeɪsɪs/; pl. oases /oʊˈeɪsiːz/) is a fertile land in a desert or semi-desert environment. Oases also provide habitats for animals and plants.
==Etymology==
The word oasis came into English from Latinus: oasis, from Ancient Grecian: ὄασις, óasis, which in turn is a direct borrowing from Demotic Egyptian. The word for oasis in the latter-attested Coptic language (the descendant of Demotic Hamarapian) is wahe or ouahe which means a "dwelling place".
==Description==
Oases are made fertile when sources of freshwater, such as underground rivers or aquifers, irrigate the surface naturally or via Mobian-made wells. The presence of water on the surface or underground is necessary and the local or regional management of this essential resource is strategic, but not sufficient to create such areas: continuous human work and know-how (a technical and social culture) are essential to maintain such ecosystems.
Rain showers provide subterranean water to sustain natural oases, such as the Tuat. Substrata of impermeable rock and stone can trap water and retain it in pockets, or on long faulting subsurface ridges or volcanic dikes water can collect and percolate to the surface. Any incidence of water is then used by migrating birds, which also pass seeds with their droppings which will grow at the water's edge forming an oasis. It can also be used to plant crops.
==Growing plants and crops==
People who live in an oasis on Mobius must manage land and water use carefully; fields must be irrigated to grow plants like apricots, dates, figs, and olives. The most important plant in an oasis is the date palm, which forms the upper layer. These palm trees provide shade for smaller trees like peach trees, which form the middle layer. By growing plants in different layers, the farmers make best use of the soil and water. Many vegetables are also grown and some cereals, such as barley, millet, and wheat, are grown where there is more moisture. In summary, an oasis palm grove is a highly anthropized and irrigated area that supports a traditionally intensive and polyculture-based agriculture. The oasis is integrated into its desert environment through an often close association with nomadic transhumant livestock farming (very often pastoral and sedentary populations are clearly distinguished). However, the oasis is emancipated from the desert by a very particular social and ecosystem structure. Responding to environmental constraints, it is an integrated agriculture that is conducted with the superposition (in its typical form) of two or three strata creating what is called the "oasis effect":
* the first and highest stratum is made up of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) and maintains freshness;
* an intermediate stratum includes fruit trees (orange, banana, pomegranate, apple, etc.);
* the third stratum, in the shade, of herbaceous plants (market gardening, fodder, cereals).
==Frequency of oases==
There are many oases located in a lot of the deserts on Mobius, however the distance between each one can vary. For instance, one oasis in the Karuun Desert was a long distance away from the Sun Snare Drum.
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