Towns often developed near oases because it was easy access to water and they could farm there.
Answer:
The oceanic crust would sink below the continental crust.
Explanation:
The Oceanic Crust is thicker than continental crust. The Oceanic crust is made with volcanic rocks. As both having differences in the density when active continental crust meets oceanic crust in subduction zones, the oceanic crust is typically pushed back into the mantle.
They're separated by the South China Sea.