Equator
The equator is a line which is not real drawn around a sphere or planet, such as the Earth. It is one of the lines known as a line of latitude, or circle of latitude. The name "equator" is Latin for "even-maker"; at equator the day and night are exactly the same length around the year.
The equator is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. There, the surface of the planet is parallel to the axis of rotation. The equator divides the surface into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.
Climate
Unlike the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere, countries around the equator do not experience the four seasons, and the climate is usually very humid.
Equator Media
Countries and territories that touch the Equator (red) or the Prime Meridian (blue), which intersect at "Null Island".
The equator marked as it crosses Ilhéu das Rolas, in São Tomé and Príncipe
GPS reading taken on the Equator close to the Quitsato Sundial, in Cayambe, Ecuador
Sign on the equator in San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador.
Diagram of the seasons, showing the situation at the December solstice. Regardless of the time of day (i.e.
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Related pages
- Northern hemisphere
- Southern hemisphere
- Solstice and equinox
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Arctic Circle
- Antarctic Circle
- Celestial equator
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