Atacama oases
E557010
The Atacama oases are fertile, inhabited pockets of greenery scattered through Chile’s hyper-arid Atacama Desert, historically home to the Atacameño (Likan Antai) people and their distinctive desert-adapted culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atacama oases canonical | 1 |
| Quillagua oasis | 1 |
| San Pedro de Atacama oasis | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
oasis system ⓘ |
| characteristic |
fertile pockets of greenery
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ permanent or semi-permanent water sources ⓘ terraced fields ⓘ traditional adobe settlements ⓘ |
| climate | extremely low annual precipitation ⓘ |
| culture |
Atacameño culture
ⓘ
Likan Antai culture ⓘ |
| environment | hyper-arid desert ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Calama oasis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camar oasis ⓘ Chiu Chiu oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Machuca oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Peine oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Quillagua oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Loa valley oases ⓘ Salar de Atacama margin oases ⓘ San Pedro de Atacama oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Socaire oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Talabre oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Toconao oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyControlledBy |
Inca Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyPartOf | pre-Columbian Andean trade networks ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Atacameño people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Likan Antai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageAssociated | Kunza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atacama Desert
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Antofagasta Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arica y Parinacota Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarapacá Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
alfalfa
ⓘ
fruit trees ⓘ maize ⓘ quinoa ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| modernEconomicActivity |
services for mining sector
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Andean dry puna ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionAssociated | Andean indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
archaeological research
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterSource |
groundwater
ⓘ
snowmelt from Andes ⓘ spring-fed streams ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San Pedro de Atacama oasis