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A line humans drew, agreed to pretend was real, then died defending.
means The edge or boundary that separates one area, country, or region from another.
from From Old French 'bordure,' meaning an edge or side, built on 'border' (to edge or border) and ultimately from a Frankish root related to 'board' — the same idea as the side or plank of a thing. So the line that divides nations began life humbly, as the trim around a cloth or the rim of a board.
- longest
- US-Canada runs nearly 8,900 km, mostly unguarded
- invisible
- Most are imaginary until a map insists otherwise
- sand shift
- A Sahara dune once buried a Morocco-Algeria marker
- oddest
- A Belgian cafe table sits in two countries
- newest
- South Sudan drew fresh lines in 2011
us-mexico border — 2,000 miles between united states and mexico, site of ongoing immigration and trade tensions
india-pakistan border — 1,912 miles, one of the world's most militarized borders, established 1947
korean demilitarized zone — 2.5-mile-wide buffer between north and south korea since 1953 armistice