Maintaining Shifting Boundaries and Managing Shared Resources

摘要

The US-Mexico border follows the vagaries of the Rio Grande from the Gulf of Mexico to El Paso, Texas, andCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua.From the Gulf of Mexico to El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, nearly two-thirds of the borderbetween the United States and Mexico lies along the Rio Grande. In accordance with the 1970 Boundary Treaty,when the river shifts, the two countries can either correct the change by restoring the channel or accept the changeand perform a land exchange or credit to the country that gained or lost land.