Shatt al-Arab

E68769
border river river

Shatt al-Arab is a major river in southwestern Asia formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates, flowing through Iraq and along the Iran–Iraq border into the Persian Gulf.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Shatt al-Arab basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border river ⓘ
river ⓘ
affectedBy upstream damming and water diversion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arvand Rud ⓘ
basinCountry Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
borderBetween Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
borderSectionDefinedBy thalweg principle (in parts) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
dischargeLocation Near Abadan ⓘ
Near Fao ⓘ
flowsInto Persian Gulf ⓘ
flowsThrough marshland areas of southern Iraq ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Euphrates ⓘ
Tigris ⓘ
hasEconomicRole fishing ⓘ
port access for Basra ⓘ
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary ⓘ
hasSalinityIssue yes ⓘ
hasTributary Karkheh River ⓘ
Karun River ⓘ
historicalRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
length approximately 200 km ⓘ
locatedIn Basra Governorate ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Asia
majorPortOnRiver Port of Basra ⓘ
mouth Persian Gulf ⓘ
nameMeaning Stream of the Arabs ⓘ
nearbyCity Abadan ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
Khorramshahr ⓘ
partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
passesThrough Abadan ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
Khorramshahr ⓘ
region Khuzestan ⓘ
surface form: Khuzestan Province

Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
riverSystem Shatt al-Arab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shatt al-Arab basin
strategicImportance major oil export route ⓘ
subjectOfTreaty 1975 Algiers Agreement ⓘ
surface form: Algiers Agreement (1975)
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
wasDisputedIn Iran–Iraq War ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iran–Iraq War → borderDisputeOver → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
southern Iraq → contains → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
Euphrátēs → emptiesInto → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Tigris → emptiesInto → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Dijla → formsWaterway → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Dijla → hasMouthIn → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Basra → locatedOn → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Euphrates → mouth → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Dicle → mouthLocatedIn → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Basra → river → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
Shatt al-Arab → riverSystem → Shatt al-Arab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shatt al-Arab basin
Dicle → tributaryOf → Shatt al-Arab ⓘ