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Dispute in the 237 km 2 (92 sq mi) Invernada River region near Masoller, over which tributary represents the legitimate source of the Quaraí River/Cuareim River. The UN does not officially recognize the claim. [clarification needed] Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [1] United Kingdom Argentina
Boundary of Kashmir in the 1888 Survey of India map of India. The undefined boundary shown in dash line from Malubiting, Raskam, Aktagh to Karakunlun Shan Detailed map showing part of the Trans-Karakoram Tract near the Shaksgam River (United States Army Map Service, 1953) The Shaksgam Valley (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) photographed in August
The Karakoram Mountains formed a natural boundary, which would set the British borders up to the Indus River watershed while leaving the Tarim River watershed in Chinese control, and Chinese control of this tract would present a further obstacle to Russian advance in Central Asia. [18]
The term water war is colloquially used in media for some disputes over water, and often is more limited to describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over the rights to access water resources. [2] [3] The United Nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. [4]
Sino-Soviet border conflict Soviet Union v. China: Zhenbao Island Ussuri River: 72-800 1971: 1971: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Pakistan v. India: Kashmir East Pakistan ~4,000+ 1978: 1979: Uganda–Tanzania War Uganda v. Tanzania: Kagera Salient ~4,500 1979: 1979: Sino-Vietnamese War China v. Vietnam: Cao Bằng Lạng Sơn Spratly Islands ...
Shyok River itself is a tributary of the Indus River, making Galwan a part of the Indus River system. The narrow valley of the Galwan River as it flows through the Karakoram mountains has been a flashpoint between China and India in their border dispute. In 1962, a forward post set up by India in the upper reaches of the Galwan Valley caused an ...
Map showing disputed territories of India. There are several disputed territories of India.A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more sovereign states or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized by the new state.
In postcolonial times, various conflicts have broken out along the Himalayan Rim, such as the Chinese annexation of Tibet and the Indo-China War of 1962, [7] and in general, there are significant tensions between various neighboring countries in the region as a result of border disputes. [1]