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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGeography trivia: Russia, China and North Korea borders intersection
Intersection of Russian, Chinese and North Korean borders in the middle of the Tumen RiverYou can scroll your mouse to see the larger context or use the minus (-) sign to see it.
Maybe it's not really in the very middle of that river, but it makes sense. No sense squabbling over a boundary under water
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Geography trivia: Russia, China and North Korea borders intersection (Original Post)
steve2470
Jan 2022
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According to an answer on Jeopardy! a few years ago, that's Russia's shortest foreign border,
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2022
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underpants
(195,571 posts)1. I don't know if I knew that
Very interesting
TomWilm
(1,956 posts)2. Distance between the United States and Russia: 2.4 miles
mahatmakanejeeves
(68,803 posts)3. According to an answer on Jeopardy! a few years ago, that's Russia's shortest foreign border,
the one it shares with North Korea.
A few miles upriver, China is barely wider than the railroad right of way.

