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The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems , and wetlands.
Maritime Zones under International Law. A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of Earth's water surface areas using physiographical or geopolitical criteria. As such, it usually bounds areas of exclusive national rights over mineral and biological resources, [1] encompassing maritime features, limits and zones. [2]
Normally, the baseline is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts that the coastal state recognizes. This is either the low-water mark closest to the shore or an unlimited distance from permanently exposed land, provided that some portion of elevations exposed at low tide but covered at high tide (such as mud flats) is within 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres; 3 + 1 ...
Northern Mariana Islands [f] (United States) Philippines Russia (T) [t 40] Taiwan Jarvis Island [f] (United States) 1 1 1 Kiribati Jersey [ai] 2 2 1 France Guernsey [ai] (United Kingdom) Johnston Atoll [f] (United States) 0 0 0 Jordan: 3 3 3 Egypt Israel (T) Saudi Arabia: Juan de Nova Island, Bassas da India, and Europa Island [d] [t] 2 2
The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. [a] The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is 8,891 km (5,525 mi) long.
The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) [2] is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long [3] that is the Salish Sea's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait.
Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States all regard parts of the Arctic seas as national waters (territorial waters out to 12 nautical miles (22 km)) or internal waters. There also are disputes regarding what passages constitute international seaways and rights to passage along them.
Accordingly, on June 15, 1994, Canada imposed a transit fee on all US commercial fishing boats using the Canadian Inside Passage. This fee was eventually lifted through bilateral negotiations. The crisis remained peaceful and there were no violent incidents between US fishing boats and Canadian enforcement officials.