It is a meridian.
The equator is located at 0 degrees latitude making it a parallel. Distances north and south of the equator are measured from this point.
It's a meridian, directly opposite the Prime Meridian.
It roughly follows the meridian of 180° longitude.
They are lines of latitude.
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differences between equator and prime meridian
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Neither the equator or the prime meridian pass through Miami
differences between equator and prime meridian
no... The Prime Meridian is 0° longitude. The equator is 0° latitude.
The only one thing between a meridian and the equator that I can think of is distance. Of course the equator itself is a meridian in which case there is no distance between.
The equator runs West-East and the prime meridian (Greenwich meridian) runs North-South.