Sidi Mircasset Oasis

The Sidi Mircasset Oasis is by far the largest oasis in Raziya, and along with the adjacent Plain of Storms it constitutes the most productive agricultural land in the province. Date palms grow in abundance here, along with blood and monkey oranges, goroumbi melons, and numerous other fruits. A variety of vegetables also thrive within the hospitable zone of the oasis, and papyrus reeds line the banks of the River Tamrasset which emerges from the desert sands to water this fruitful land.

Besides the extensively cultivated portions of the oasis, there are also wild and tangled areas in which flocks of minglefowl and quail hide, along with the colorful nyaari and a host of other game and songbirds. Other creatures make their home here as well, from the shy and docile gazelle to the ghostlike and fearsome desert leopard that sometimes preys on hapless travelers.

Although it has always been green and lush directly around this part of the river's course, it is only due to the ingenuity of the Rassi civilization that the Sidi Mircasset became the expansive paradise it is today. It was these ancestors of the present-day Razmani who extensively ditched and channeled the river's waters, and coaxed them to rise more abundantly from their refuge beneath the parched earth. To this day Razmani specialists still come to tend the hydraulics of the oasis and ensure that its lush fertility endures.