international waters
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International waters are ocean areas that don't belong to any single country—they're outside the boundaries where nations have legal control. They matter because they're shared spaces where issues like fishing, shipping, and environmental protection require coordination between countries rather than being managed by one nation alone.
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International waters are the areas shown in dark blue in this map, i.e. outside exclusive economic zones, which are in light blue
The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.