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Mexico–United States border, including Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Land boundaries defined by the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty (with Spain), 1828 Treaty of Limits, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1854 Gadsden Purchase, and Boundary Treaty of 1970. Ocean boundaries defined by bilateral treaties in 1970, 1978, and 2001. [1] Contiguous ...
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Articles specifically about the borders of U.S. states, not simply about natural features that form the borders, unless there is detailed discussion about the border. See also: Category:Internal territorial disputes of the United States
The international border states are those states in the U.S. that border either the Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or Russia. With a total of eighteen of such states, thirteen (including Alaska) lie on the U.S.–Canada border, four lie on the U.S.–Mexico border, and one has maritime borders with Cuba and The Bahamas.
Alaska and Hawaii do not share borders with any other U.S. state. Alaska shares its land border with Canada and sea border with the Russian Federation . This is a container category .
The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and is responsible for securing the borders of the United States. According to its website as of 2022, its mission is to "Protect the American people, safeguard our borders, and enhance the nation’s economic ...
This is a list of all tripoints in which the boundaries of three (and only three) U.S. states converge at a single geographic point. Of the 60 such points, 36 are on dry land and 24 are in water. [1] Of the points in water, 3 are in the Great Lakes and thus have no land nearby.
The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, The Bahamas, and many other countries, mainly in the Caribbean [note 2] in addition to Canada and Mexico. The northern border of the United States with Canada is the world's longest bi-national land border.