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Do mapmakers draw the equator on a map to divide the earth north and south or east and west?
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north and south
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The equator is drawn on a map to represent a line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. It does not divide the Earth into east and west, but rather into two equal halves based on latitude.
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How does the equator divide the world into hemisphere?
The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The Northern Hemisphere is located north of the equator, while the Southern Hemisphere is located south of the equator. This imaginary line also represents 0 degrees latitude.
How much of earth's land surface is located north of the equator?
About 68% of Earth's land surface is located north of the equator.
What are the two lines that divide the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere and the eastern and western hemispheres?
The Equator divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.
Devides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
The equator divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres. The northern hemisphere is located north of the equator, while the southern hemisphere is located south of the equator.
Where is the north hemisphere located?
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of the Earth that is north of the Equator. It includes parts of North America, Europe, Asia, and the majority of Africa.
What divide the earth north and south latitude?
the equator
Which imaginary lines divide the earth into two hemispheres?
The longitude called the Prime Meridian divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres.Could not the Equator enter into the equation?I thinking the equator has something to do withit.imani0906:we divide the earth into hemispheres in north,south,east and west
Into which two hemispheres does the equator divide the earth?
The equator divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
All places on earth north of the equator are in the?
All place on earth north of the equator are in the Northern Hemisphere.
What hemisphere is the north equator?
There is no north equator. There is only the equator, and it is exactly between the north and south hemispheres of the Earth.
What place on earth is farthest from equator?
The farthest place north of the equator from the equator is the North Pole.
What are two Continent north from the earth equator?
Europe and North America are two continents north of the Equator.
What does the equator on a map divide?
the north hemisphere with the southern hemisphere
Does the equator divide points east and west?
No, north and south.
What imaginary line divide the globe into north and south?
The Equator.
5. In what direction is the equator from the South Pole?
The equator is North, as is everything else on earth when you are at the South Pole. From the south Pole, every direction is north.The North pole is the northernmost point on Earth. The South Pole is the southernmost point on Earth. The Equator is a line running circumferentially around the Earth and is midway between the poles. The Equator is south of the North Pole and north of the South Pole.All lines of latitude -- including the Equator -- are north of the South Pole.
Where is most of Earth landmass north or south of the equator?
North
