Walls, fences, desert or even paint: These images capture some of the most outrageous international borders around the world
As Donald Trump jumpstarts his election manifesto pledge to build a 'big, beautiful wall' along America's border with Mexico by signing two executive orders, many countries around the world rely on nature or ingenuity for their borders.
Borders between countries can be separated by lakes, gorges on a river, crossings on a mountain - and even a lick of paint, as is the case in the village of of Baarle-Hertog between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Some borders are spectacular - such as the awe-inspiring Iguazu Falls - that separates the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones.
Here MailOnline explores some of most striking, stark and simple borders across the globe.
This aerial picture shows Haiti, on the left, which has limited deforestation laws, compared to the Dominican Republic (right)
The border fence at a hillside on the US-Mexico border - President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with his election manifesto to build a 'big, beautiful wall' across the roughly 2,000-mile border. Some 650 miles of the US-Mexico border is covered already by a non-continuous series of fences, concrete slabs and other structures. However Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has vehemently ruled out his country paying for the wall
The breathtakingly beautiful Iguazu Falls, shown above, is located on the Brazil and Argentina border
This satellite image shows the borders between Egypt (left,) Israel, and the Gaza Strip
A gorge on the Zambezi river, the fourth-longest river in Africa, that separates Zimbabwe with Zambia 
The markings outside this cafe in the village of Baarle-Hertog mark the crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium
Dolphin-shaped Lake Skadar, the Balkans' largest, has its tail and two-thirds of its body in Montenegro and its nose in Albania
Monument Valley is a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes
The Friendship Bridge is an arch bridge connecting the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu and Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este 
This satellite image shows South Asia, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and China and Nepal to the northeast. Bangladesh borders India to the east, with Sri Lanka in the south
Iraq is bordered by six countries: Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south
A US Border Patrol agent speaks, on the US side, speaks with Nancy Rumery on the Canadian side in the Haskell Free Library and Opera House that mark the border between US and Canada in Derby Line, Vermont
This is the international crossing between Spain and Great Britain, with the Rock of Gibralatar in the background
The fence was erected by Spain to try and clampdown on illegal immigration from Morocco at the port city of Ceuta
The Eastern Sahara Desert on the border with Sudan, south of Sinn el Kaddab, in Egypt
A woman carries her child after crossing from Mexico into the US near Los Ebanos, Texas - as Trump announced his plans for a wall on the US border with Mexico
A US Border Patrol agent walks along the US-Mexico border at the Imperial Sand Dunes near Felicity, in California
Mount Saccarello is a mountain located on the French-Italian border between Liguria, Piemonte and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rysy is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras, lying on the border between Poland and Slovakia
The Karakoram Highway highway meets the Pakistani-Chinese border at Khunjerab Pass (pictured)
Irkeshtam is the border crossing between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China ( pictured)
Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of northern Chile and Bolivia
The Torkham Gate divides Afghanistan from Pakistan, and is a major border crossing between the two countries
People on snow mobiles ride down a slope and across the snow-covered border of Norway and Sweden
The summit of Mount Everest marks the border between Nepal and China
No comments:
Post a Comment