English: Shatt al-Arab was named Tigris al-Awra, a river consisting of the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where the rivers meet in the region (Kerma Ali) the northern entrance to the city of Basra, while they meet in the city of Qurna, 375 km south of Baghdad. It is about 190 km long and is located in the Arabian Gulf at the edge of Al Faw city, which is the most extreme point in southern Iraq, and the Shatt al-Arab offer in some areas to 2 km. As for its flora, all were planted with palm trees before the war but were cut and neglected during the last period , And there is a beautiful city located on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab called Altnump where there are abundant palm groves and when the University of Basra was built in this city with its stunning views and charming nature and continues the river in the path until passing the Abu Al-Khasib, a region rich with palm trees, a rural area .

Until 1975, all the Shatt al-Arab waters were part of Iraq, but under the Algiers agreement, Iraq relinquished the eastern coast bordering Iran. Navigation became common. It is the intention of the local government in the city of Basra to make the island of Umm al-Rasat overlooking the Shat tourist area, but did not actually begin the completion of the project and on a related scale has expanded the talk recently about the growing phenomenon of pollution of the Shatt al-Arab water and there are speaking with experience in the field of environmental protection for the existence of Oil stains in some areas of water from the river, and the Shatt al-Arab from the deepest water bodies in Iraq, where large vessels can walk through to inside Iraq.

The branch of the Shatt al-Arab River is divided into many marshes that divide the cities and the visual districts, forming one of the sweetest scenes in Basra. The local government in Basra has developed the Sayab Corniche, named after Basra poet Badr Shaker al-Sayab and Cornish Palace on the banks of the Shatt al- Occasions