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The equator is a major line of latitude located at 0 degrees latitude. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Three countries in africa across equator?

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South Africa, Namibia, and Angola.

What is the distance of New York from the equator?

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A flight from new Jersey to Africa would take about 13 hours to complete. There is approximately 6,196 miles between the two locations.

Is most of South America north or south of the equater?

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Most of South America is south of the equator.
South of the equator

Is Sudan close to the equator?

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The southern border of Sudan is about 370 km from the equator, Kartoum the capital is about 1,700 km from the equator and the northern border of Sudan about 2,400 km from the equator.

Which place in Pakistan is closest to the Equator?

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The point on the southeastern seacoast of Pakistan where the coast meets India
and the Indian Ocean is the closest point to the Equator. The distance to the equator
from there is about 1,630 miles.

What is the name of the river between New Hampshire and Maine that interstate 95 crosses?

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The Piscataqua is the river between New Hampshire and Maine that interstate 95 crosses. It is the very first fixed crossing between Portsmouth and Kittery.

How far is Tahiti from equator?

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Tahiti is part of the islands known as French Polynesia. Tahiti is 11.090 miles below the equator. It is the same distance as Hawaii is from the equator.

What is 25 degrees north of the equator?

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The 25th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees north of the equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, North America, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean.

How far is Egypt from the Equator?

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Egypt is in Africa.

Egypt is in Africa. Positioned far north of the continent

What city is located 25 degrees north 80 degrees west?

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25 degrees north 80 degrees west is in Miami Florida in the united states

What is Earth's equator?

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The Equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole that divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.

an imaginary line dividing the earth in half horizontally

^ The Equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole that divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.

The band around the middle of the Earth, separating the northern from the southern hemispheres.

Earths equator is an imaginary line equally distant from both Pole's. It goes horizontally around Earth's middle.

^ It is also the point where both 0 degrees latitude and longitude orginate.This areas also reseives the most sunglican anually and is home to a region referred to as the Tropics.

How many are countries are south of the equator in Africa?

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There are 35 countries in Africa that are at least partly north of the equator. The boldface entries in the list are geographically considered North Africa.

(*extend south of the equator)

Algeria

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo *

Cote D'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Djbouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon *

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya *

Liberia

Libya

Mali

Mauritania

Morocco

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia *

Sudan

The Gambia

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda *

Western Sahara

Why is the equator hot and the north and south poles not?

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The equator is an imaginary line that runs around the middle section of the earth. It is hotter there than at the north and south poles because the tilt of the earth on its axis causes the equatorial region to receive more direct sun rays than the poles.

Is Kenya Africa north or south of the equator?

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Both

The Kalahari is spead across 3 countries: South Africa, Namibia and Botswana

Where does the equator cross South America?

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The equator runs through three South American countries. The single country that gets its name from the equator is Ecuador.

Can you be on the equator when you visit peru and Uganda?

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Yes and no.

Uganda . . . yes.

Peru . . . no.

How many inches around is the equator?

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The diameter of the Earth through the Poles is only slightly less than the diameter across the Equator

Polar diameter = 12713.6 km

Equatorial diameter = 12,756.2 km

Which is a difference of just 42.6 km - or less than 0.34%

Why is it harder to notice seasonal changes near the equator?

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Because they get midsummer twice a year and midwinter twice a year. The sun is never very far from being overhead at noon even in winter.

What are the two landlocked countries south of the equator?

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There are only two in South America: Bolivia and Paraguay.

But there are seven more in southern Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Lesotho. Or eight counting Uganda, which straddles the equator.