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Ābādān Island

island, Iran

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physiography of Ābādān

In Ābādān
Ābādān lies on an island of the same name along the eastern bank of the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab (river), 33 miles (53 km) from the Persian Gulf. The city thus lies along Iran’s border with Iraq. Ābādān Island is bounded on the west by the Shaṭṭ…
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