Al-Qurnah (
Qurna) is a small town in southern
Iraq about 74 km northwest of
Basra, within the town of Nahairat. Qurna (
Arabic for connection/joint) is located at the confluence point of the
Tigris and
Euphrates rivers join to form the
Shatt al-Arab. Local folklore holds Qurna to have been the site of the
Garden of Eden. An ancient
jujube tree (recently dead) is locally celebrated and shown to the tourists as the actual
Tree of Knowledge of the
Bible.