Subject: Re: Thanks to Martin!!+CIA<br/>
Date: Jun 04, 2001 @ 21:01<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-60692097">I&#39;d like to get someone&#39;s opinion on this (someone, that is, someone <br/>
that knows how these things work out legally). Is it true that, when <br/>
a border treaty says &#39;the river&#39; or &#39;the thalweg&#39;, the border remains <br/>
unchanged after that, or changes along with the changes of that river <br/>
or thalweg? With other words, (like I always thought) the border <br/>
remains unchanged since the treaty was signed, and all sorts of <br/>
fluvial detours of that border remain?<br/>
<br/>
I am thinking of the Fly boundary, that is bound to be going to vary <br/>
with time, but not only of that one.<br/>
<br/>
Also the Bidasoa springs to mind. Is the esfr boundary passing north <br/>
or south of Ile de la Conference?<br/>
<br/>
And generally, all sorts of international disputes over islands in <br/>
rivers, since the boundary was defined as &#39;the thalweg&#39;.<br/>
<br/>
I think I am asking something that would be very appreciated at the <br/>
Int&#39;l court of justice for resolving cases like these... <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Sorry!<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;grant.l.hutchison@t...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Peter:<br/>
&gt; &gt;BUT: I noticed some differences regard-<br/>
&gt; &gt;ing length of boundaries etc. ....<br/>
&gt; &gt;so who&#39;s right: Biger or CIA?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Maybe both? <br/>
&gt; Many boundaries (especially those defined by watersheds or <br/>
 </span></blockquote>ridgelines) <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; are fractal - so, like coastlines, their measured length would <br/>
 </span></blockquote>depend <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; on the resolution at which they were measured.<br/>
&gt; I guess there&#39;s also the possibility that the same border would <br/>
 </span></blockquote>vary <br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; with time, without any change in the defining treaty - shifting <br/>
&gt; thalwegs, for instance.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Grant </span></blockquote></div>