Oasis:

 

     In every setting in every region there can be an oasis. Each oasis may appear different vs. the setting it is found within, but an oasis can be found in all areas of Uatemia.

     An oasis is like a natural preserve within the wilderness that stands apart from the normal plantlife of the setting in which it is discovered.

     There will be always be a water-source and a variety of plant that will attract the more gentle, smaller types of animals.

 

Example:

     While there might be a lush, tropical-looking oasis in the midst of a dessolate desert, or a cactus garden in the highland desert, an oasis in the rocky mountains would appear as a small grove of trees, usually not found in such places.

     In the water dimension, an oasis would be similar to a lush rain forest grove with strange, watery plants.

     In the Underworld, an oasis would be a small gorove of of trees, whose roots would create a cage-like effect about a small clearing filled with a more gentle setting, shutting out all danger from the larger preditors in the region.

     An underground cave setting might have a mushroom forest, a thich, lush moss carpeting a large space of rock, complimented by a misty and waterfall (I would place a few glowing mushrooms to illuminate this type of oasis).

     Remember to match the oasis with the region's setting being traveled in (and be creative about it).