Minab River

The Minab River is a river in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, near Harmosia.

Minab River
Minab River
Coordinates: 26°30′20″N 57°07′19″E
Country Iran
ProvinceHormozgan
CountyMinab
BakhshByaban
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

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, which was then called Anamis or Saganos.[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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