Oases

thumb|The desert oasis city of Jubbah,_Saudi_Arabia|Jubbah in [[Saudi Arabia as photographed from space.]]

national park in Queensland, Australia

thumb|Juda'a Guelta, Hasat Qahtan, Saudi Arabia thumb|Guelta d'Archei, [[Ennedi Plateau, Chad]] A guelta (Arabic: قلتة, also transliterated qalta or galta) is a pocket of water that forms within rock formations in the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert. The term is of Arabic origin and specifically refers to oases that emerge in rocky landscapes in Arab regions, particularly in countries like Algeria and Saudi Arabia. thumb|Guelta de Tikoubaouine, Tassili n'Ajjer, [[Algeria]] A guelta is a natural water pool that forms in rocky basins and often serves as a crucial water resource in arid regions.

thumb|Bir Ali crater in Balhaf. Balhaf () is an industrial port town and an oasis in an area of coastal dunes in the Burum Coastal Area of Yemen. It has palm trees and white sand, which gives way to fields of black lava and to the fishing port of Bir-Ali. Qana, a major point of departure of the ''Route I'Encens'', was the main port of the ancient kingdom of Hadhramaut, and is dominated by a hill, Husn al-Ghurab, or remains of the ancient vestiges. A I'écart is located on an extinct volcano, a crater lake with turquoise waters. The "Corniche" road leads to the coastal port of Burum. Burum, a ty

Dhat-Badan (), Dhat-hami, or Zat-Badar, ´She of the Wild Goats` and ´She of the Sanctuary', was a Himyarite goddess.

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