After we visited the Rub Al-Khali, the Tigris&Euphrates Rivers, and some of the deserts in the middle east, we were ready to go on a boatride through The Persian Gulf. The Tigris&Euphrates rivers, which we had visited earlier in the trip, are tributaries for this massive body of water.
Our leaders told us many things about the gulf. We found out that the Persian Gulf holds one of Middle Eastern Asia's largest oil fields, The Safanlya. This one oil field holds 65% of all of the world's crude oil in itself! We also learned that the gulf borders 8 different countries. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates, and Oman. With a total area of 240,000 km, and a maximum depth of 90 km, we had a great time exploring this great body of water.
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