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<h2 id="africa">Africa</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Moroccan_Western_Sahara_Wall/kDc7CYGY">Moroccan Wall</a>, delimiting the <a href="/facts/Southern_Provinces/ooeFh9HJ">Moroccan-controlled part of Western Sahara</a> from the <a href="/facts/Free_Zone_(region)/CFbp7thY">Sahrawi-controlled part</a></li></ul> <h2 id="americas">Americas</h2> <ul><li>During European imperialism overseas, the <a href="/facts/Lines_of_amity/d5rqVnKf">lines of amity</a> were drawn to differentiate Europe from the rest of the world. The Line of Demarcation was one specific line drawn along a meridian in the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a> as part of the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Tordesillas/X2n07CBa">Treaty of Tordesillas</a> in 1494 to divide new lands claimed by <a href="/facts/History_of_Portugal_(1415%25E2%2580%25931578)/uMQbQSJq">Portugal</a> from those of <a href="/facts/Spanish_Empire/RaWWgnQS">Spain</a>. This line was drawn in 1493 after <a href="/facts/Christopher_Columbus/8hLAb46S">Christopher Columbus</a> returned from his <a href="/facts/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus/aaGJJPbG">maiden voyage</a> to the <a href="/facts/Americas/hEuUTL4K">Americas</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Mason%25E2%2580%2593Dixon_line/A5Dh95uL">Mason–Dixon line</a> (or "Mason and Dixon's Line") is a demarcation line between four <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. states</a>, forming part of the borders of <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/facts/Maryland/tVy9fC1n">Maryland</a>, <a href="/facts/Delaware/4n4I3Rhu">Delaware</a>, and <a href="/facts/West_Virginia/USP8LtCq">West Virginia</a> (then part of <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a>). It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by <a href="/facts/Charles_Mason/XNXmN29l">Charles Mason</a> and <a href="/facts/Jeremiah_Dixon/9Lx3fRp7">Jeremiah Dixon</a> in the resolution of a border dispute between <a href="/facts/British_colonies/RnCkfdDR">British colonies</a> in <a href="/facts/Colonial_America/6fYe7RfF">Colonial America</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="asia">Asia</h2> <h3>Middle East</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Blue_Line_(Lebanon)/hfGUYr6M">Blue Line</a> is a border demarcation between <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> published by the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> on 7 June 2001 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon.</li> <li>The term <a href="/facts/Green_Line_(Israel)/CDJMg4Go">Green Line</a> is used to refer to the <a href="/facts/1949_Armistice_lines/CDJMg4Go">1949 Armistice lines</a> established between <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> and its neighbours (<a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a>, <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a>, <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>) after the <a href="/facts/1948_Arab%25E2%2580%2593Israeli_War/X3GSudUm">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Purple_Line_(border)/BqDbhv4k">Purple Line</a> was the <a href="/facts/Ceasefire/ARkueD6m">ceasefire</a> line between <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> and <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a> after the 1967 <a href="/facts/Six-Day_War/xM8d0Wy1">Six-Day War</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Green_Line_(Lebanon)/nYpnyuBD">Green Line (Lebanon)</a> refers a line of demarcation in <a href="/facts/Beirut/0sxJRAqW">Beirut</a>, <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a> during the <a href="/facts/Lebanese_Civil_War/GBW5sce2">Lebanese Civil War</a> from 1975 to 1990. It separated the mainly Muslim factions in West Beirut from the predominantly Christian East Beirut controlled by the Lebanese Front.</li></ul> <h3>South and East Asia</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/McMahon_Line/s7KngM90">McMahon Line</a> is a line dividing China and India, drawn on a map attached to the <a href="/facts/Simla_Convention/ReAIH4zs">Simla Convention</a>, a treaty negotiated between the <a href="/facts/British_Empire/hrsz0j7A">British Empire</a>, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tibet/NQChzGo9">Tibet</a> in 1914.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Military_Demarcation_Line/Fhdn5S7G">Military Demarcation Line</a>, sometimes referred to as the <i>Armistice Line</i>, is the border between <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a>. The Military Demarcation Line was established by the Korean Armistice Agreement as the line between the two Koreas at the end of <a href="/facts/Korean_War/Qo93pNhE">Korean War</a> in 1953.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Northern_Limit_Line/nWTa6lWU">Northern Limit Line</a> or <i>North Limit Line</i> (NLL) is a disputed maritime demarcation line in the <a href="/facts/Yellow_Sea/0T615mgC">Yellow Sea</a> between <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Line_of_Actual_Control/ND1Dl6yn">Line of Actual Control</a> established by <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> and the <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a> between <a href="/facts/Aksai_Chin/RTmAwYCW">Aksai Chin</a> and <a href="/facts/Ladakh/ekL17WAx">Ladakh</a> after the <a href="/facts/Sino-Indian_War/UPF3RfjN">Sino-Indian War</a> of 1962.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Line_of_Control/ApKNJfnx">Line of Control</a> established by <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> and <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> over the disputed region of <a href="/facts/Kashmir/Rok34JM5">Kashmir</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Nine-dash_line/4JljXCcE">nine-dash line</a> appears on maps used by the <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a> and the <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a> accompanying their <a href="/facts/South_China_Sea/WRFXLgIg">South China Sea</a> claims, which are challenged by <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a>, the <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a>, and <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="europe">Europe</h2> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Curzon_Line/R6YVf7RK">Curzon Line</a> was a demarcation line proposed in 1920 by <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a> <a href="/facts/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs/K4Sr7QwU">Foreign Secretary</a> <a href="/facts/George_Nathaniel_Curzon%2c_1st_Marquess_Curzon_of_Kedleston/Y0l0ur32">Lord Curzon</a> as a possible <a href="/facts/Armistice/myGLIXmj">armistice</a> line between <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a> to the west and the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet republics</a> to the east during the <a href="/facts/Polish-Soviet_War/qSYxdmcs">Polish-Soviet War</a> of 1919–21. The modern <a href="/facts/Belarus%25E2%2580%2593Poland_border/WsXJXCSN">Poland–Belarus</a> and <a href="/facts/Poland%25E2%2580%2593Ukraine_border/9SM2sttP">Poland–Ukraine borders</a> mostly follow the Curzon line.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Foch_Line/Aq0AwtY5">Foch Line</a> was a temporary demarcation line between <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a> and <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a> proposed by the <a href="/facts/Allies_of_World_War_I/HBo9sw1M">Entente</a> in the aftermath of <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Demarcation_line_(France)/jfjVgAtp">demarcation line in France</a> in <a href="/facts/Vichy_France/7wTyYUnW">Vichy France</a> imposed by <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">Nazi Germany</a> from 1940 to 1942, with the <a href="/facts/Zone_occup%25C3%25A9e/R7nv8sUa">German-occupied zone</a> in the north and a <a href="/facts/Zone_libre/s5oA3W3X">free zone</a> in the south.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Line_of_Contact/NqwBUzrp">Line of Contact</a> was a demarcation line between Soviet-aligned forces and forces aligned with the Western allies, marking where Soviet-aligned forces and Western-aligned forces met as they advanced into Germany and Austria at the end of World War II in Europe.</li> <li>The Bosnian <a href="/facts/Inter-Entity_Boundary_Line/gtQ5rkWm">Inter-Entity Boundary Line</a> is an ethno-administrative border established by the <a href="/facts/Dayton_Agreement/dcy2yhwy">Dayton Agreement</a> that followed the end of the <a href="/facts/Bosnian_War/JyRvRtbv">Bosnian War</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Demilitarized_zone/bsoYS69v">Demilitarized zone</a></li></ul>