International border states

International border states

International border states are those states in a country that border another country. In the United States there are seventeen: thirteen that border Canada and four that border Mexico.

Though not sharing borders, Alaska is near Russia, and Florida is near several Caribbean countries.

US States bordering Canada (east to west):US States bordering Mexico (east to west):

ee also

*List of regions of the United States


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Border states (disambiguation) — The term Border states may refer to * Border states (Civil War), five slave states during the U.S. Civil War that remained in the Union. * International Border states, states in the United States that share an international border with another… …   Wikipedia

  • Border states — In a European context, the term Border states policy, and Border states in a specific sense, refer to attempts during the interbellum to unite the countries that had won their independence from Imperial Russia due to the Russian Revolution, the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of international border rivers — By Region North America *Detroit River: United States and Canada *Halls Stream: United States and Canada *Monument Creek: United States and Canada *Niagara River: United States and Canada *Rio Grande: United States and Mexico *Pigeon River:… …   Wikipedia

  • international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

  • Border — Borders redirects here. For the defunct company and its chain of bookstores and subsidiaries, see Borders Group. For other uses of the term border (including people named Border or Borders), see Border (disambiguation). The bridge over the Inari… …   Wikipedia

  • Border search exception — The border search exception is a doctrine of United States criminal law that exempts searches of travelers and their property from the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement. The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ICE HSI Special… …   Wikipedia

  • Border Collie — Infobox Dogbreed name = Border Collie image caption =Border Collie Border Collie country = UK Scotland / England fcigroup = 1 fcisection = 1 fcinum = 297 fcistd = http://www.dogdomain.com/FCI/fcistandards/fci 297.htm akcgroup = Herding akcstd =… …   Wikipedia

  • Border checkpoint — The San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego Tijuana is the second busiest border crossing in the world.[1] A border checkpoint is a place, generally between two countries, where travellers and/or goods are inspected. Authorization often is… …   Wikipedia

  • International status and usage of the euro — Worldwide use of the euro and US$:   Eurozone …   Wikipedia

  • international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”