1. India-Pakistan (3323 Kms.) -
Ever since it came into existence in 1947, the border between India and Pakistan have seen countless conflicts in these years. It begins from the Line of Control in Kashmir in the north and continues to zero between The Indian state of Gujarat and till the Sindh province in Pakistan. This border is visible from space within the dark because of the 150,000 floodlights installed by India in that area.
2. Bolivia-Brazil
(3403 Kms.) –
This border between Bolivia and Brazil passes through hostile
deserts and forests areas. The first and foremost border treaty between these
two countries was signed in 1867 but was the subject of much dispute in the
later years due to an acre which was mistakenly detached as an area of Bolivia.
The dispute was finally settled in 1903 with the Treaty of Petropolis during
which Bolivia ceded Acre to Brazil.
3. Mongolia-Russia (3452 Kms.) –
This border was established by the Treaty of Kyakhta in 1727. During the
Mongolian Revolution of 1911, the tiny state of Tuva was separated from
Mongolia and became an independent country in 1921. Tuva was eventually annexed
into the Soviet Union in 1944, forming this border. There are officially ten
crossing points within the border, two of which are railway crossings.
4. India-China (3488 Kms.) –
This border was made because the
Line of Actual Control (LAC) that includes the western
sector of the border region and also the McMahon Line within the east. Certain
parts of the 3488-kilometre-long border are subject of much dispute
especially at Aksai Chin and
also the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, which China
claims as its own. In 2013, both nations signed a border defence cooperation
agreement.
5. India-Bangladesh (4096 Kms.) –
The highly porous border between Bangladesh and India which spans a length of
4,096kms has seen numerous infiltrations of people into the Indian territory
from Bangladesh. The border runs along the boundaries of five Indian states in the
northeast of the country and 6 divisions of Bangladesh. Certain areas of the
border have fences but because of the geographical barriers, it has been
impossible to erect border fences everywhere.
6. China-Russia (4179 Kms.) –
The Sino-Russian border consists of two non-adjoined sections;
the longer eastern section and the shorter western section. The eastern one
extends to over 3,500 kilometres beginning at the China-Mongolia-Russia
tri-point and ends at the Tumen River. The western border covers less than 100
kilometres in length and mainly covers the snow-covered region of the Altai
Mountains.
7. Mongolia-China (4630 Kms.) –
Mongolia shares a thorough boundary
with both China and Russia, but its border with China is way longer at
4,677 kilometres. This border touches both the Mongolia-Russia border and the
China-Russia border with the eastern end encompassing an area of The Gobi, while its western end is found just 55km from the Kazakhstan-Russia
border.
8. Chile-Argentina (6691 Kms.) –
The border between Argentina and Chile is that the longest
international border in South America at 5300 kilometres, definitely one of the
longest land borders on Earth. Although Chile is way smaller
than Argentina, its length along the southwestern neighbourhood of
South America resulted during this extensive border. The Boundary Treaty of
1881 signed between two countries laid the groundwork for demarcating the
borders for nearly all of Chile’s and Argentina’s shared border.
9. Russia-Kazakhstan (7644 Kms.) –
The international land border between Kazakhstan and Russia is that the longest
continuous international border on the Earth covering a distance of 6,846
kilometres. The prevailing border was formed in 1930 but only became a world
border when the USSR was dissolved in 1991. This posed some problems for the
railway line together because a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway had to
travel through two border crossings. Eventually, in 2017, the two countries
agreed to allow transit trains without border control.
10. Canada-USA (8893 Kms.) –
The longest international land border on Earth is between the
countries - Canada and the USA. The massive boundary also includes the border
that Canada shares with Alaska. Each of thirteen U.S. states and at least eight
Canadian provinces and territories are located along the border. In all time,
the border has undergone several changes that include various treaties being
signed.
Written by – Ritika Singh
Edited by – Bushra Makhdoomi
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