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physical boundary [4 records]

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Record 1 2013-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
DEF

The ordinary high-water mark of water bodies or a well-defined height of land.

CONT

The concept of "natural" frontiers, in one sense, only denotes a particular type of boundary. It then relates to the choice of rivers, mountains, deserts, and so on as State frontiers and such "natural" boundaries are sometimes expressly declared by the parties themselves to be desirable ...

OBS

natural boundary: term and definition taken from Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement/Gwich'in, Mackenzie Delta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
DEF

Marque habituelle des hautes eaux des mares d'eau ou élévation bien définie d'une terre.

CONT

[...] on peut prendre comme repères des marques fournies par la nature elle-même, telles qu'une chaîne de montagnes, un fleuve, un lac, la mer : la frontière est dite alors «physique» ou, généralement, «naturelle».

OBS

limite naturelle : terme et définition relevés dans l'Entente sur la revendication territoriale globale - Gwich'in, delta du Mackenzie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
  • Territorios (Pueblos indígenas)
CONT

Los Pirineos constituyen una frontera natural entre Francia y España.

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Record 2 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The process of surveying is the determination of the physical limits of land. (L.R.I.S., p. 46)

CONT

Absence of physical boundaries. Where, and so far as, physical boundaries or boundary marks do not exist, the fullest available particulars of the boundaries must be added to the filed plan or general map. (4 Halsbury, 4th ed., p. 470).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

limite matérielle : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Although not universally accepted, the principle of setting physical boundaries first, followed by biological bounding, was stressed in many of the workshops. this initial focus on physical characteristics and processes of a system for establishing spatial boundaries was a reflection of the general agreement among workshop participants that environmental impacts should be traced from changes in physical structure or function through ecological linkages to the resulting biotic perturbations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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