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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.〔Naval Intelligence Division, Iraq & The Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2014) ( page 164 ).〕 Here there is a flourishing Mangrove ecosystem. Minab River The river has a dam 2km from Minab〔( Minab city ).〕 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.〔Ammianus Marcellinus XXIII 48〕〔Ptolemy VI 8 14〕〔Pliny, Natural History 6. 107 110.〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minab River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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