IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL LINES OF WORLD
- A Curzon line is the polish-Russian frontier setup in 1945.
- Dead line is the line or boundary of a military prison, which prisoners are not allowed to cross.
- Green Line is a demarcation line between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.
- Hindenburg line separates Germany from Poland.
- Pak-Iran border line was demarcated on 24th Sep: 1872.
- Line of control is b/w Azad Kashmir & Occupied Kashmir.
- Mc Mohan line is the boundary line between India and China. It was demarcated in 1914.
- Radcliff line is the boundary between Pakistan and India. It was demarcated in 1947 by Sir Cyril Radcliff.
- 17th parallel line is the boundary line between North Vietnam and the South Vietnam.
- 24th parallel Line lies in Rann of Kutch. It is frontier between Pakistan and India.
- 38th Parallel line is the boundary between North and South Korea.
- 49th Parallel Line is the boundary line between Canada and the USA.
- Plimsoll Lime is a horizontal line on a merchant ship to which a ship the upper limit to which a ship may be legally loaded.
- Dead line is a boundary line around a military prison which prisoners are forbidden to cross.
- Durand line is 1300 mile long frontier b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan demarcated in 1893-95. it has over 200 passes.
- Green line is a painted line in Nicosia (Cyprus) that serves as a demarcation line b/w Greek & Turkish Cypriot communities.
- Maginot line is French line of fortification built in WWII along the German border form Switzerland to Belgium. It divides France from Germany.
- Maginot line divides France from Germany.
- Mannerheim line was defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union.
- Oder-neisse Line was boundary b/w Germany & Poland during WWII.
