Sovereignty – principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social economic and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states Political geography – a subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and implications of the evolving spatial organization of political governance and formal Median-line principle – (see definitional boundary disputes)When a border is a physical feature such as a river, the median line or middle of the river forms the border line. Landlocked - state not having direct access to an ocean, ie. Irredentism – advocating of annexation of territories administered by another state n the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession Armenia./Įxclave - small portion of land that is separated from the main state, ie. Mongolia between China and Russia, Nepal between India and ChinaĮnclave portion of a state that is totally surrounded by another state, ie. Northern Ireland/Ireland.īuffer state – an independent country that lies between two larger and more powerful countries that are in most cases antagonistic toward each other ie. traditionally many countries in Europe such as England, France, Spain, and Portugal.īoundary, type – religious - boundary that separates different religions, ie. United States/Canadian border.īoundary, type – language - boundary that separates different language speakers, ie. former Yugoslavia.īoundary, type - geometric - straight lines that serve as political boundaries that are unrelated to physical and /or cultural differences, ie. Great Lakes, Pyrenees Mountains, and Sahara desert.īoundary, type - ethnographic/cultural - political boundary that separates different cultures, ie.
United States/Mexico.īoundary, type - natural/physical - major physical features such as a deserts, mountain ranges, and/or water bodies that serves as a means of separation, ie. Saudi Arabia/Omen.īoundary, process – demarcation - political boundaries on Earth's surface are determined by the use of man made structures such as fences and walls, ie. north/south Vietnam.īoundary process,definition – treaty like, legal document in which actual points of longitude and latitude are describedīoundary, process – delimitation - there are no physical signs on Earth's surface to show that a boundary exists, ie. Indonesia/Papa New Guineaīoundary origin,relic - boundary that ceases to exist, however the imprint of the boundary still remains on the cultural landscape, ie. Malaysia/Indonesia on the island of Borneo.īoundaryorigin, subsequent - boundaries that are created as a result of long term processes, ie Vietnam/China.īoundary origin, superimposed - boundary that has been forced upon the inhabitants of an area to solve a problem and/or conflict, ie. Border landscape – the architecture and characteristics of the area between territories.īoundary, disputes - definitional – focuses on the legal languageīoundary disputes, locational – delimination and possibly demarcation of the boundaryīoundary disputes,operational – neighbors differ over how border should functionīoundary disputes, allocational – disputes over resourcesīoundary origin, antecedent - boundary that was created before the present day cultural landscape developed, ie.
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