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IMPORTANT BOUNDARY LINES : WORLD GEOGRAPHY

IMPORTANT BOUNDARY LINES ➢ Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was  drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand. ➢ Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated  to this line in 1917 during World War I ➢ Mason-Dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the United State. ➢ Marginal Line was the 320-km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. Drawn up  by General Mannerheim. ➢ Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India  and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962. ➢ Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States. ➢ Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boundary between  India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its  border with France.Order-Neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany,  running along the Order a