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1.LiwaOasis:anoverview
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Źródło/Source:NASAWorldWindscreenshot,publicdomain.
Figure2.LiwaOasisandmega-barchans
Rycina2.OazyLiwaimegabarchany
[Wood,Imes2003].Asaresultofadecliningwatertable,the
governmentissupplementingthewatersupplywithdesalinated
water.Ithasbeenhypothesizedthatthelastrechargeeventshadtheir
originsinwaterflowingfromtheRedSeaintotheIndianOceanand
thentakenupbythemonsoonswhichthendepositedprecipitationin
theLiwaregion[Wood2011].Intheirstudy,ElmahdyandMohamed
[2015]claimthatthesourceforgroundwaterinLiwacomesfromthe
OmanMountainsintheeastandtheHegazMountainsinSaudi
Arabia.
TherearetwooilfieldsclosetotheLiwaOasisregion,onejust
southandtheotherjustnorthoftheeasternedgewithanother
approximately20kmfurthernorth.Tothenorth-eastoftheoasis
thereareanothertwooilfields.Theoilfieldtothesouthisveryclose
totheSaudiborderwhichisdisputedandisstillbeingnegotiated
[TheEconomistIntelligenceUnit2007].Thus,populatingthis
regionallowstheUAEtohaveasuperiorclaimtotheterritory.These
andoffshoreoilfieldsaretheprimarysourceofincomeforthe
EmirateofAbuDhabiandforthecountry.
