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Encyclopedia > 38th parallel

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38th parallel north - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (186 words)
The 38th parallel north is a line of latitude that cuts across Asia, the Mediterranean and the United States.
After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary between the Soviet (north) and American (south) occupation zones in Korea.
At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast.
Encyclopedia: 38th parallel north (821 words)
The 38th parallel north is a line latitude that cuts across Asia and North America.
The Korean peninsula, first divided along the 38th parallel, later along the demarcation line On August 10, 1945 there was a meeting of commissions of the ministry of the exterior, the ministry of war and the ministry of marines.
The 38th parallel structures are a series of circular depressions or deformations stretching 700 km (435 mi) across southern Illinois and Missouri into eastern Kansas at a latitude of roughly 38 degrees north.
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