It must be their doing.
wdym nearly?
who gets the middle of the river?
The mermaids.
trump’s wall probably
It’s because they were once part of the same continent
Mexico became part of “South America” about 20 years ago if memory serves. That continental drift is a bitch these days.
Mexico when it realizes its neighbour is nuts
Is there nothing we won’t steal?
Give Mexico their border shape back.
When will the sovereign nation of Rio Arianna Grande do something about this crisis?
Alta Mexico
Baja Mexico
Alto, bajo
Depending on your definition of border, borders between two countries don’t always match.
Basically every single dot in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_disputes#/media/File:Map_of_Territorial_Disputes.svg will cause the legal borders of bordering states to diverge.
Two references:
Local Farmer Seizes Territory Along the French/Belgium Border https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344
And a story less amiable and fun… Since the state of Kentucky was established before its neighbors, its border was defined as the northern shore of the Ohio River. Indiana and Ohio were established with reference to the Kentucky border. Basically, they start where Kentucky ends. When the river moves and islands form, legal disputes begin. Kentucky usually wins.
https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2021-04-21/oki-wanna-know-why-does-kentucky-own-the-ohio-river https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/17c0pv0/the_ohiokentucky_border_does_something_real_weird/
I have met people who were quite incensed about this situation.
I think there’s also some weird shit going on along the Mississippi.
🤯
Having it follow the Rio Grande is a foolish endeavor since rivers can change course over time.
Better to have a straight diagonal line.
They didn’t pre-1846 💀
Just the left half, the right half doesn’t look like Mexico at all
