Subject: Re: quadpoint RuChMoKa<br/>
Date: Jun 18, 2001 @ 09:33<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-741041109">According to a Russian article I have, the eastern part of the <br/>
Chinese-Russian border is 4195 km 220 m long, and the western part 56 <br/>
km 575 m.<br/>
<br/>
By the way: the only parts that are still in dispute between Russia <br/>
and China are three islands:<br/>
<br/>
In the Argun&#39; river (at the confluence with a river I don&#39;t know the <br/>
name of), the island Bol&#39;shoy<br/>
At the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers, the islands Bol&#39;shoy <br/>
Ussuriyskiy and Tarabarov.<br/>
<br/>
Because all other islands were divided by the two countries acc. to <br/>
the thalweg principle, these three islands were the difficult ones, <br/>
since all three are at a confluence point. So the problem is whether <br/>
to just look at the river branches and decide which one is the most <br/>
important, or first decide on which river the branches belong to.<br/>
<br/>
The Russians are accusing the Chinese of attempts to change the <br/>
course of the river at the two last islands (that are very close to <br/>
the city of Khabarovsk), by sinking old ships in the channels there, <br/>
and by piling ground on the ice in the winter, which is going to make <br/>
the channels shallower when the ice melts....<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@h...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; No, it&#39;s two tri points, about 35miles apart. Thus russia has 2 <br/>
boundary <br/>
&gt; segments with China.<br/>
&gt; Brendan Whyte<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;From: &quot;Randy Finder&quot; &lt;naraht@D...&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...<br/>
&gt; &gt;To: BoundaryPoint@y...<br/>
&gt; &gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] quadpoint RuChMoKa<br/>
&gt; &gt;Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:24:01 -0000<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;This is my first time on the group. Is this a true Quadpoint or <br/>
not,<br/>
&gt; &gt;I can&#39;t tell on my maps.<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;ThankYou<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Randy Finder<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
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