Place · river
Shatt al-Arab
The Shatt al-Arab is the river formed by the joining of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq, flowing past Basra to the Persian Gulf. Its lower course, where the Karun joins it at Khorramshahr, forms part of the border between Iraq and Iran. Its marshes and canals sheltered the Zanj rebels in the 9th century, and its control was a cause of the Iran–Iraq War.
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