Important International Boundary Lines of Different Countries
It is very important to know about the Important International Boundary Lines between various
countries because it will improve your general knowledge and many questions
have been asked in various exams
The line which demarcates the two countries is termed as
Boundary Line. Many times, a question or two is randomly asked about some international
or national boundary line as part of General Awareness in competitive exams
List of important Boundary lines:---
Durand
Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.
Hindenburg
Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to
this line in 1917 during World War I
Mason-Dixon
Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United State
Marginal
Line was the 320-km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border.
Drawn up by General Mannerheim.
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
Medicine
Line is the border between Canada and the United States.
Radcliffe
Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between
India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by
Germany on its border with France.Order-Neisse Line is the border between
Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Neisse rivers, adopted at the
Poland Conference (Aug 1945) after World War II.
17th
Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
before two were united.
24th
Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India
and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India
26th
Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa,
Australia and South America.
30th
Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way
between the equator and the North Pole.
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.
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.
36th
Parallel forms the southernmost boundary of the State of Missouri with the
State of Arkansas.
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
northernmost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.
37th
Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal
Territory of Jefferson.
38th
Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South
Korea.
39th
Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north
of Earth’s equatorial plane.
40th
Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony
of Maryland.
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.
42nd
Parallel north forms most of the New York – Pennsylvania Border.
43rd
Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska
and the State of South Dakota and formed the northern border of the historic
and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.
The Parallel
44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of
the Earth’s equatorial plane.
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.
49th
Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.
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