Strange Red Border Line

[Acman3192]

Why is there a red line marking a border between Morocco, Algeria, and Western Sahara in northwest Africa? Could this be a disputed border?

[clems_37]

There is the same in Israel between Israel and Palestine !! ;)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3994/palestine4qh.jpg

And in Egypt too !!
http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/2280/conflit7jt.jpg

[sladys]

It's because the sovereignity has never been determined satisfacturely. Just like the border between Israel and the Westbank.

I found a link to it:

http://www.didyouknow.cd/story/disputes.htm

But strange that some of the borders aren't red.

[BradG7]

Yes it is the territory of Western Saharra which is disputed as mentioned. It is officially it's own self-governed territory under certain ties with Morroco according to the UN last month, here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/3_maps_morocco.PNG) is a map of the land from the different points of view. ;)

[sladys]

Here is a KMZ with more border disputes.

[Acman3192]

I found some what seem to be disputed borders in Asia near Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and China. There is a orange line there too. What does the orange line mean?

[Gandolf]

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile17784/Red,-Orange,-Yellow-Border-Lines.htm

[james50000000]

red just means disputed border

[Georg.Siegemund]

...and orange seems to be a ceasefire line. Like on Golan Heights in Syria and the one in Kashmir (make sure borders are enabled...).

I wonder why they don't mark the line in Cyprus.

Georg