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Equator
The equator is a major line of latitude located at 0 degrees latitude. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
2,635 Questions
What is the degrees 1645 miles north of the equator?
The distance between two lines of latitude is approximately 69 miles.
1,645 ÷ 69 = 23.84 to two decimal places.
This places it on the Tropic of Cancer at 23 degrees 26 minutes approximately.
Which direction does the air currents towards the poles or away from the poles?
Away from the poles because the air near Earths surface is warm.
If you left South America and sailed East along the equator what continent would you end up at?
You would end up in Africa.
How near is Burma to the equator?
Myanmar (Burma) extends farther down the peninsula, next to Thailand, than
you'd expect when you first glance at the map. It keeps going, down to latitude
9.5° North ... almost 300 miles south of the latitude of Bangkok.
At that point ... the southernmost point in Myanmar ... it's only about 660 miles
north of the equator.
Is Egypt or Australia closer to the equator?
Australia includes places that are closer to the equator than any part of Egypt, but also includes places that are farther away from the equator than any part of Egypt.
What city is 5 degrees north of the equator?
Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Takoradi (Ghana), Owerri (Nigeria), Nkongsamba (Cameroon),
Juba (Sudan), Banda Aceh (Indonesia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Lahad Datu
(Malaysia), and Manizales (Colombia) all qualify.
Which of these countries are bigger turkmenistan uzbekistan tajikistan kazakhstan or kyrgyzstan?
Kazakhstan is the largest country among these options in terms of land area. It is followed by Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan being the smallest.
Which continent does equator passes through?
The continent that the equator passes through is South America, Africa, and Asia.
Can anyone live on the EQUATOR?
The equator is an imaginary line, but I'm sure many people live where the equator is said to be.
no its an imaginary line that represents the 0° latitude mark on a map.
What the name of the major African river that crosses the equator and flows into the Atlantic?
Congo river
Which Indian city is nearest to the equator?
All of India is distinctly north of the equator. The towns of Nagercoil, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Trivandrum, and Neyyattinkara, at the southern tip of India, are in the part of the country nearest to the equator. The southernmost point on land, south of Nagercoil where Highway-47 approaches the seacoast and then abruptly turns north, is still about 560 miles north of the equator.
Is south ameriaca north of the equator south of the equator or both north and south of the eqater?
Both
Are the mountains near the equator?
There are some mountains that are near the equator.
There are many more mountains that are nowhere near the equator.
Which country is 1 degree north of the equator?
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Congo
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Somalia
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Kiribati
- Ecuador
- Colombia
- Brazil
- Venezuela
all have parts of their territory located 1 degree north of the equator.
tropical rainforest >taiga >temperate forest > tundra
What does fly windless along the equator mean?
It means you have the doldrums (it's a sailing term).
A low-pressure nearly windless zone at the Equator is known as the doldrums.
Which describes how a person most likely uses latitude and longitude lines?
When you ask someone to pick the correct answer for you from a list of
multiple choices, it's considered common courtesy to let him see the list.
