Persian Gulf Basin

Persian Gulf Basin
Stratigraphic range: Precambrian to Neogene
Satellite picture of the Arabian Plate Basin
Type	Foreland Basin
Area	240,000 km2 (93,000 sq mi)
Thickness	12 to 13 km [1]
Location
Location	Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Oman (exclave of Musandam)
Region	Western Asia
Type section
Country	Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Iraq

The Persian Gulf Basin (Persian: آبخیز خلیج فارس, Arabic: حوض الخليج العربي) is found between the Eurasian and the Arabian Plate. The Persian Gulf is described as a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that is located between the south western side of Zagros Mountains and the Arabian Peninsula and south and southeastern side of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Other countries that border the Persian Gulf basin include; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq. The Persian Gulf extends a distance of 1,000 km (620 mi) with an area of 240,000 km² (93,000 sq mi). The Arabian Plate basin a wedge-shaped foreland basin which lies beneath the western Zagros thrust and was created as a result of the collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates.^[2]