Minab River

Minab River
Minab River
Coordinates: 26°30′20″N 57°07′19″E / 26.50556°N 57.12194°E / 26.50556; 57.12194Coordinates: 26°30′20″N 57°07′19″E / 26.50556°N 57.12194°E / 26.50556; 57.12194
Country  Iran
Province Hormozgan
County Minab
Bakhsh Byaban
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

The Mintab River is a river in Sīstān va Balūchestān, Iran near Harmosia.

This river is formed by adjoining of two smaller rivers, the Roudan and Joqeen. These two rivers meet near the village of Borjegan, 25 km south east of Minab city and the river empties into the Strait of Hormuz at Sirik, Iran.[1] Here there is a flourishing Mangrove ecosystem.[2][3]

Minab River

Minab reservoir.

The river has a dam 2km from Minab[4] and the valley is known for rich agricultureal produce and shrimp from the strait of Hormuz.

In ancient times, the Minab was the site of Alexandria Carmania, a Greek Colony founded by Alexander the Great in January 324B.C. after his army had reunited with Nearchus and his men who had beached their boats near the mouth of the Minab River.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Naval Intelligence Division, Iraq & The Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2014) page 164.
  2. ↑ Bird, Eric (8 April 2010). Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer. p. 1052. ISBN 978-1-4020-8638-0.
  3. ↑ Alongi, Daniel M. (18 January 2009). The Energetics of Mangrove Forests. Springer. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4020-4271-3.
  4. ↑ Minab city.
  5. ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus XXIII 48
  6. ↑ Ptolemy VI 8 14
  7. ↑ Pliny, Natural History 6. 107 110.


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