Persian Gulf
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The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between the Arabian P
The Persian Gulf from space
The Persian Gulf at night from the ISS, 2020.
Durrat Al Bahrain from ISS, 2011
A painting depicting the British Expeditionary Force off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah in 1809.
Shatt al-Arab
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The Shatt al-Arab is a river about 200 kilometres in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq. The
Persian Gulf
…located between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran (Persia). It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. The river delta of the Shatt al-Arab forms the north-west shoreline. The Persian Gulf has many fishing grounds, extensive reefs (mostly rocky, but also coral), and abundant pearl oysters…
Shatt al-Arab pictured near Basra, Iraq
Arab ferryman on the Shatt al-Arab 1958
Shatt al-Arab near Basra city, Iraq