Persian Gulf flooding of the basin started 15,000 years ago due to rising sea levels of the Holocene glacial retreat. This inland sea of some is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz; and its western end is marked by the major river delta of the Shatt al-Arab, which carries the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris. In Iran this is called "Arvand Rood", where "Rood" means "river". Its length is , with Iran covering most of the northern coast and Saudi Arabia most of the southern coast. The Persian Gulf is about wide
Persian Gulf Forever and Tonbs Islands, in some editions of the song. With every look I kiss the sky of this land (Iran), for thousand times I take my breath from White River, the sky of Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf Forever My gaze takes brightness from the Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa (Islands) Persian Gulf Forever The Persian Gulf Forever () or the Persian Gulf () also shortly known by Ebi's 1990 album's name The Gulf () is a Persian language political, protest and nationalistic song performed by plenty of Iranian singers, inside and outside the country. Finally, the