Important International Boundary Lines
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Durand Line
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Durand Line
It is the line demarcating the boundaries of India and Afghanistan. It
was drawn up in 1893 by Sir Mortimer Durand. India recognizes Durand Line but
Afghanistan does not.
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Hindenburg Line
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Hindenburg Line
It is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The German marched to
this line in 1917 during World War I.
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Mason-Dixon Line
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Mason-Dixon Line
is a line of demarcation between four states in the United
State.
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Marginal Line
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Marginal Line
was the 320 km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland
border. Drawn up by General Mannerheim.
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Macmahon Line
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Macmahon Line
was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of
India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in
1962.
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Medicine Line
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Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the
United States.
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Order-Neisse Line
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Order-Neisse Line It is the border between Poland and Germany
running along the Oder and Neisse rivers; adopted after the Poland Conference
( August 1945 ) after the World War II.
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Radcliffe Line
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Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe,
demarcating the boudary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the
line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.
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17th Parallel
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17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam
and South Vietnam before two were united.
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24th Parallel
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24th Parallel
is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India
and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India
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26th Parallel
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26th Parallel
south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa,
Australia and South America.
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30th Parallel
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30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands
one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole.
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33rd Parallel
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33rd Parallel
north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern
United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.
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35th Parallel
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35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State
of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State
of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of
Mississippi.
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36th Parallel
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36th Parallel forms the southermost boundary of the
State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas.
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36o30' Parallel
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36o30' Parallel north forms the boundary between the
Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the
Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the
White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
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37th Parallel
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37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the
historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
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38th Parallel
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38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which
separates North Korea and South Korea.
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39th Parallel
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39th Parallel
north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees
north of Earth's equatorial plane.
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40th Parallel
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40th Parallel north formed the original northern
boundary of the British Colony of Maryland.
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41st Parallel
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41st Parallel
north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with
Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with
Colorado and Utah.
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42nd Parallel
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42nd Parallel
north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border.
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43rd Parallel
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43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between
the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the
northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
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The Parallel 44o north
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The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that
is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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45th Parallel north
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45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the
Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary
between Montana and Wyoming.
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49th Parallel
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49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.
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Zambezi River
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Zambezi River
the boundary proceeds eastwards in a
straight line to a point on the international boundary between
Zambia and Zimbabwe
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