UMary Allen
I-oasis ngumngxuma wokunkcenkceshela entlango. Izityalo zikhula zijikeleze umngxuma wamanzi, ngoko ke yindawo eluhlaza kwintlango eshushu. Abantu banokuhlala kwindawo ene-oasis. Kukho ii-oases eAfrika, eAsia, eMelika naseOstreliya.
Amanzi adla ngokuphuma kumthombo osemhlabeni. Ezinye iindawo ezihlala emanzini zisemlanjeni. UmNayile, umzekelo, yenye yomlambo i-oasis, nangona inkulu okanye inde. Indawo esemanzini isenokwenziwa ngokwenziwa ngabantu abakhupha amanzi aphuma kumanzi aphantsi komhlaba.
Kubizwa ngokuba yi-oasis farming xa kukho into ekhuliswe kwindawo enezityalo ezifana nemifuno okanye iinkozo. Eyaziwa ngokuba zii-oases yidate palm. Okukhona sidinga amanzi amaninzi isityalo, kokukhona sisondele kumthombo osikhulisayo.
Ngaphambili, ii-oases zazibalulekile kuhambo lweekharavani, oko kukuthi amaqela abantu ababehamba kunye entlango. Kwindawo enamanzi ashushu, unokuhamba namanzi okanye uhwebe. Ayebalulekile nakubantu ababengahlali ndaweni nye kodwa bezula-zula, kubahambi.