Shatt al-Arab
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The Shatt al-Arab is a river about 200 kilometres in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq. The
Shatt al-Arab pictured near Basra, Iraq
Arab ferryman on the Shatt al-Arab 1958
Shatt al-Arab near Basra city, Iraq
Persian Gulf
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The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between the Arabian P
Shatt al-Arab
…the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq. The southern end of the river constitutes the Iran–Iraq border down to its mouth, where it discharges into the Persian Gulf. The Shatt al-Arab varies in width from about 232 metres (761 ft) at Basra to 800 metres (2,600 ft) at its mouth. It is thought that the waterway formed…
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A painting depicting the British Expeditionary Force off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah in 1809.