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 is a meridian.
The equator is parallel not meridian
It's a meridian, directly opposite the Prime Meridian.
It roughly follows the meridian of 180° longitude.
They are lines of latitude.
differences between equator and prime meridian
equators
equator
Neither the equator or the prime meridian pass through Miami
no... The Prime Meridian is 0° longitude. The equator is 0° latitude.
differences between equator and prime meridian
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.