latitude
The Kilimanjaro Mountain is near the equator, in the south.
Hemispheres are determined by their location in relation to the equator as either Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere. The equator serves as the dividing line between these two hemispheres based on their position above or below the equator.
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39 degrees north of the Equator, 77 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Ecuador is the spanish word for equator and since the equator runs through Ecuador that is how it got its name.
It lies to the south of the equator
Relation to, on or in proximity to the equator or the plane of the equator.
It means the place something is located in relation to something else. Which really means any kind of location when you come to think of it--even degrees of latitude or GPS readings are given in relation to the earth's poles or equator. You could talk about location relative to the moon or the sun if you wanted to.
Latitude is the angular distance of a location on Earth north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. It helps determine a location's position in relation to the poles and the equator. Latitude lines run horizontally on maps and globes.
Lines of latitude circle the earth, parallel to the equator.
Latitude is a measure of how far north or south a location is from the equator, expressed in degrees. It ranges from 0 degrees at the equator to 90 degrees at the poles. It helps in determining the position of a place on the Earth's surface in relation to the equator.
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