Countries with territory that spans across more than one continent are known as transcontinental or intercontinental states. The term is then split up into contiguous and non-contiguous ...

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And geological research in recent years has made defining continental boundaries less simple than it might have once seemed as researchers find evidence of unexpected continental material.

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

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President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an "artificially drawn line." But experts say just because it was man-made doesn't mean it's not legitimate.

Mr. Joannes Eidesgaard, the Prime Minister of the Faroes, signed an agreement on the establishment of boundaries for the continental shelf area beyond 200 nautical miles north of the Faroes.

The Trump Administration on Wednesday announced its intentions to cancel a mineral withdrawal on federal lands near the Boundary Waters. The announcement was made within 24 hours of Congress axing a .

Countries with territory that spans across more than one continent are known as transcontinental or intercontinental states. The term is then split up into contiguous and non-contiguous.