It derives from Latin word Aequalis or Equal. The equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface midway beyween the North and South Poles
The Equator has only one name and it's the Equator.
Southern Equator
The Equator
The Equator is the name of the zero degree latitude line. It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Ecuador is the Spanish word for "equator."
The country which gave the equator its name is Ecaudor in South America, including the Galapagos Islands.
No, latitude is not another name for the equator. The equator is a specific line of latitude at 0 degrees, and latitude refers to the angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees.
Ecuador crosses the equator so that's how it got its name.it got its name from the equator which runs straight through EcuadorIt got its name since it is on the equator, and the french named it that and the french word for Ecuador means "Equator". this is made by pazourdog!!!!Ecuador means equator. Ecuador is located on the equator. Thus, Ecuador is named for its location.
The largest desert north of the Equator is the Sahara. The largest south of the Equator is Antarctica.
There is only one equator.
It means the Equator. The full name of the country, Republica del Ecuador, means The Republic of the Equator. This is because Ecuador is located on the equator.
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