Mod 28 Types and Functions of Political Boundaries

Delimited

Describing how boundaries are fixed or defined to identify their limit.

Made up

Demarcated

Describing how boundaries are set apart to distinguish their limit.

Physical traits.

Relic Boundary

A boundary that no longer functions as an International border

Superimposed boundary

A boundary that is placed on an area without regard to existing boundaries. Ignores difference cultures already in the area.

Subsequent boundary

A political boundary drawn after a territory has been settled and reflects development of a cultural landscape.

Antecendent boundary

A boundary identified before an area was settled

Geometric boundaries

A boundary that has regular, often perfectly straight lines drawn without regard for an area’s physical or cultural feature.

Consequent boundary

A boundary drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences

A type of subsequent boundary

Demilitarized zone(DMZ)

An area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military power, or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel; usually lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers or alliances.

Buffer states

A politically and economically weak independent country that lies between the borders of two powers

Satellite State

A independent country that is politically, militarily, and economically controlled by a more powerful stare.

The United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea(UNCLOS)

An international treaty that establishes guidelines for the use and conservation of the world's oceans and marine resources, including territorial seas and Exclusive Economic Zones.

Territorial: 19 KM. States has sovereignty over water

Contiguous: 38 KM. Can enforce customs, immigration, pollution and sanitation laws.

Exclusive Economic Zone: 270 KM(200 miles): Exclusive rights to explore/exploit marine resources.

High Seas: Outside any nations power.