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The waters of the United States is a phrase used in different legal contexts to refer to various bodies of water controlled by the federal government of the United States in various ways. ==International boundaries== The third United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines the boundary of maritime control of the United States U.S. in terms of: * Internal waters (full control) * Territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles offshore, full control) * Contiguous zone (up to 24 nautical miles, limited control) * Exclusive economic zone (usually out to 200 nautical miles, includes only fishing, mineral, and bottom harvesting sovereignty) * Outer Continental Shelf (includes only mineral and bottom harvesting sovereignty) * International waters (no national control) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waters of the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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