International Boundary and Water Commission

International body created by the United States and Mexico in 1889 to apply the rules for determining the location of their international boundary when meandering rivers transferred tracts of land from one bank to the other

The International Boundary and Water Commission is the international organization that applies the rules for determining the location of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, as established under the Convention of November 12, 1884.

Also known as...IBWC