The area around the equator is tropical in nature with much rainfall, Deserts do not occur there.
Actually, there are no real deserts near the equator. This region is known more as a region of heavy rain and rainforests. Most hot deserts occur about 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator.
The Atacama desert
The Atacama desert
The climate near the equator is hot and dry, think of the Sahara desert. The climate near the north and south poles is very cold for almost the whole year.
All regions near the equator receive about the same amount of solar energy but the Atacama desert gets the most.
No. The equator runs through the top portion of South America, which, relatively speaking, is nowhere near South America.
The Equator does not pass through the Saharah Desert
Near the equator
The Kalahari Desert is south of the equator.
They can be find anywhere near the equator
At the equator the air is rising which carries moisture into the upper atmosphere where it condenses into clouds and rain falls. Instead of deserts at the equator, rain forests are the common biome.
The largest desert north of the Equator is the Sahara. The largest south of the Equator is Antarctica.