Kharga oasis natural springs and drilled wells

Among the natural springs in Kharga oasis the most famous are:

• Ain Saff (Spring of Palm Fronds): it is tucked into the base of the foothills of Gebel el Teir; there are the ruins of a Christian burial chapel, a barrel-vaulted tomb and a Christian church;
• Ain Dib (Spring of the Bear): it is an ancient Roman site with several mudbrick ruins;
• Ain Tabashir: there are some Roman sites, including a village and a temple;
• Ain Tafnis: what is unusual about this spring is that it is 260 meters (832 feet) above sea level and 180 meters (576 feet) above the desert below, while usually most of the springs in the oases lie on the floor of the depression, close to sea level (our-egypt.com 2012; Vivian 1990).