international border

Nations' dividing line

An international border is the boundary line separating two sovereign nations, marking where one country's territory ends and another's begins.

These borders may follow natural features like rivers or mountain ranges, or be drawn arbitrarily through treaties: We crossed the international border into Canada.

Border crossings typically involve customs and immigration checkpoints.

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customs · visa · green card · boundary · barrier · fence · wall · smuggling · patrol · immigration · no fly list · duty-free · free trade zone · no-man's-land · demarcation · treaty · diplomatic relations · sovereignty

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jurisdictional scope

international borderstate line

Political territory's edge

county line · city limits · state border

permeability and division

international bordercustoms union

Tariff-aligned trading partnership

existence of boundaries

international borderinterior

Inside area or region

heartland · hinterland · mainland

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international, border, nation, nations, national, nationally, nationality, nationhood, nationalism

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