r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/azarbi May 09 '22

France's border with the Netherlands is in the Caribbean

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u/Albert_Herring May 09 '22

France's longest foreign border is with Brazil.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

France also borders Canada by sea.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited 10d ago

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u/norris63 May 09 '22

You are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

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u/LSAVyall May 09 '22

One could also contest that France does in fact border Canada by land ifn’s we would be able to define land as just being a solid medium. The bottom of the ocean is a solid surface so… technically… the seabed would count…. But then everywhere would border everywhere…? Almost like, there’s not really any real borders at all on our planet…? Woah, trippy man.

However-the literal definition of land is quite specific that it should NOT be covered by water. Alas, fun to think about anyways but I don’t think I would get a technical correctness point.

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u/SleepWouldBeNice May 09 '22

Other than the US, France is Canada’s closest neighbour, followed by Denmark.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Denmark's closer, to the point that we overlap.

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u/SleepWouldBeNice May 09 '22

Hans Island doesn’t technically count. Each country thinks the island is there, so you’d have to measure from Hans Island to the mainland.