date line is a conditional line that defines a change of date at its intersection.Although it is defined only by agreement between the people, however, this line has the important feature.If you go on the ship and cross it from east to west, and to do so precisely at midnight, then there will be an unusual thing: you jumped over the day, and instead get in tomorrow, you will be taken directly to the next day.
If you go from west to east, then there will be very different, but also an unusual thing.If you cross this line exactly at midnight, instead of to get to the next day, as in any other part of the world, you will go to the beginning of the same day that had just ended.This imaginary line, possessing such unusual features on the meridian with the longitude one hundred and eighty degrees.
term "demarcation line" is generally used in a geographical sense.However, this expression has other values.The term "line of demarcation" of Korea, for example, uses within the meaning of the border.Once upon a time, joining the armed conflict, North and South Korea could not come to the world.With the participation of the international community in the country was carried out demarcation line has divided Korea in two.And now the two countries co-exist, each of them had the opportunity to live their lives and not be in a state of continuous and long-term debilitating war.This line of demarcation was carried out on the thirty-eighth parallel.Since its establishment in 1953, peace talks between the two countries, they continue to this day.This demarcation line is considered to be the last monument of the material (after the destruction of the Berlin Wall) Cold War.Interestingly, it was found under more than a dozen well-equipped tunnels in which North Korea was able to transport troops in South Korea to conduct military operations.The width of the border zone is four kilometers away.On the territory of this state was built additional strengthening is very powerful and expensive, which is able to stop the massive tank attack.
Another famous demarcation line is located on the island of Cyprus.She has its own name.It sounds like "Attila line".The division of the island is made between the northern and southern part.The first of them - is the Greek part of the island, the second - Turkish.And it is interesting that part of the demarcation line runs through the old town of Nicosia, sharing with the capital into two parts.The city on the demarcation line established strong wall.Decision on its construction was made back in 1964, when riots broke out, and serious clashes between the Turkish and Greek communities.This area then became known as the "green line".In 2008, work began to remove the wall.The length of the line is about one hundred and eighty kilometers, and its width varies from a few meters to seven and a half kilometers.
