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Lomas (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a north–south distance of about 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi). Lomas range in size from a small vegetated ...
In Chile, a similar fog is called camanchaca. Garúa brings mild temperatures and high humidity to a tropical coastal desert. It also provides moisture from fog and mist to a nearly-rainless region and permits the existence of vegetated fog oases, called lomas. Garúa in Lomas de Lachay, near Lima, Peru,
Myrcianthes ferreyrae is a species of tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the lomas , or fog oases, found on the coastal hills of the region of Arequipa , Peru . [ 1 ]
A fog desert is a type of desert where fog drip supplies the majority of moisture needed by animal and plant life. [1] Examples of fog deserts include the Atacama Desert of coastal Chile and Peru ; the Baja California desert of Mexico ; the Namib Desert in Namibia ; [ 1 ] the Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert ; [ 2 ] and a manmade instance ...
Oases — at springs in the deserts of the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Oases of Arizona (1 P) C.
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The desert oasis city of Jubbah in Saudi Arabia as photographed from space. In ecology, an oasis (/ oʊ ˈ eɪ s ɪ s /; pl.: oases / oʊ ˈ eɪ s iː z /) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment [1] that sustains plant life and provides habitat for animals. Surface water may be present, or water may only be accessible from ...
The South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune is an ecoregion in Oman and Yemen. The fog woodlands lie on mountainsides which slope southeastwards towards the Arabian Sea . The mountains intercept moisture-bearing winds from the Arabian Sea, creating orographic precipitation and frequent fogs that sustain unique woodlands and shrublands ...