Borders

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The country directly east of Egypt is Israel , sharing a border primarily in the Sinai Peninsula. Jordan lies northeast, while Saudi Arabia is east across the Red Sea. This quic...

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Peru is a large country in western South America with five sovereign neighbors that shape its geography, trade, migration, and regional ties. Ecuador and Colombia lie to the nor...

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Chile is bordered by three sovereign countries : Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and Peru to the north. It also has two maritime neighbors across the Pacific Oc...

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The Dead Sea is a hypersaline lake situated in the Jordan Rift Valley. It lies east of the West Bank and west of Jordan, with its northern basin nearly surrounded by these two l...

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Syria is a country in the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia. It lies at approximately 35°N latitude and 38°E longitude. Syria is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iraq to the...

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Peru is a large country in western South America whose shape and location create multiple international borders. Understanding which countries lie next to Peru helps explain its...

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Egypt shares land borders with eight countries: Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, Chad and the Central African Republic to the far southwest, South Sudan and Uganda to the...

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Saudi Arabia is the sovereign state that shares a land border with both Jordan to the south and Iraq to the east. This relationship is defined by precise desert boundaries in a...

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Iraq is bordered by six countries. Listed clockwise from the north, they are: Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria. These borders define much of Iraq’s geopol...

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The correct word is borders . It refers to a line separating countries, states, or regions, or the area near such a line. It can also mean a strip of fabric or paper used as tri...