4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries

Countries legally define and agree to where borders are located through an agreement or treaty. 

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Administered boundary

• Exclave

Identifying the location of the defined boundaries on a map. Usually at the same time that boundaries are defined and done through a legal designation. 

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Administered boundary

• Exclave

Visible marking of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs. 

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Administered boundary

• Exclave

Legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation, documentation, and prosecution. 

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Administered boundary

• Exclave

territories that are part of a state, yet geographically separated from the main state by one or more states.

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave

states, territories, or parts of a state or territory that are completely surrounded by the territory of another state

• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave

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• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave

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• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave

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• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave

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• Defined boundary

• Delimited boundary

• Demarcated boundary

• Political enclaves

• Political exclave