It is found in tropical and subtropical oases.

The popular indoor tropical oasis on the city's southwestern outskirts, called Transvaal Park, opened in 2002.

In cartoons, mirages are elaborate visions of tropical oases, complete with palm trees and ornate swimming pools.

Made Wijaya, who created Bowie's tropical oasis, says, "Cycads are the big cymbals of the plant world."

The botanical complex had created this bizarre tropical oasis within rural Minnesota.

These and the unique tropical plants make this a tropical oasis.

Old Baja hands described a tropical oasis, with coral reefs, great waves and a real town.

Rooms may be decorated like a tropical oasis to Arabian Nights to caves to rooms with mirrors everywhere.

But vestiges of terrorism are unavoidable, looming over the tropical oasis like a stalled monsoon.

Creating a tropical oasis in a shady area is actually easier, given that hostas and ferns are already comfortable there.