>
>The Nigeria-Chad boundary is a funny fish!
>
>And so is Lake Chad - on some maps the boundary is entirely wet, on some
>it is half wet, on some it cut islands, and on some there are even towns.
>
>I also seem to remember seeing an un-fiat line there.
>
>Jesper
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "michael donner" <m@...>
>To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Fiat boundaries
>
>
>> & jesper
>> of these 5 or 3 singular fiat boundaries we have found
>> your chad nigeria line is probably the truest & purest in the world
>> by virtue of being totally wet as well as probably unmarked
>> & therefore almost certainly absolutely undeflected by so much as a single
>> subatomic particle
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>> still cresting on my brendan waves
>> & so wishing for the perfect moment point of happy landing
>>
>>
>> >
>> >ahh
>> >now i think i see what you really meant
>> >
>> >a single sector straight line boundary
>> >with no deliberate deflections
>> >
>> >a much more special category than i realized in my double take
>> >& its our first bp triple take
>> >
>> >so i withdraw all my suggestions except for iraq jordan
>> >
>> >& if western sahara is demoted to nonsovereign
>> > & considered only as a part of morocco
>> > as in the latest country census from grant
>> >we could conceivably eliminate 2 of yours too
>> >leaving a total of only 3 world class cases in all
>> >
>> >thus you appear to have found as small & special an elite
>> >as our set of 2 or 3 world class boundary crosses
>> >
>> >m
>> >
>> >>
>> >>jesper
>> >>this question is more fascinating & playful than i first realized
>> >>& your list might be increased by the following
>> >>tho i am not sure about several of them
>> >>
>> >>libya chad
>> >>libya niger
>> >>libya sudan
>> >>algeria niger
>> >>mauritania morocco or western sahara
>> >>togo upper volta
>> >>kenya somalia
>> >>kenya sudan
>> >>iraq jordan
>> >>iraq saudi
>> >>jordan saudi
>> >>oman saudi
>> >>oman yemen
>> >>saudi yemen
>> >>
>> >>interesting that they are all pretty much in north africa & arabia
>> >>
>> >>m
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>Which international boundaries are 100% fiat, meaning 100% straight?
>> >>>
>> >>>On the map I see:
>> >>>
>> >>>Morocco-Western Sahara
>> >>>Algeria-Mauretania
>> >>>Western Sahara-Algeria
>> >>>Nigeria-Chad
>> >>>
>> >>>But perhaps there are minor irregularities I cannot see on my map, so who
>> >>>can confirm this?
>> >>>
>> >>>Jesper
>> >>>
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