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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 mileage from the Equator to Manila Philippines?
The air distance from Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador, on the Equator, to Manila, Philippines, is 10,821 miles. That equals 17,414 kilometers. That equals 9,403 nautical miles.
What is the imaginary line across the middle of the earth called?
The imaginary line across the middle of the Earth is called the equator. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
How far is the trpic of Capricorn from the equator in km?
Every point on the Trpic of Capricorn OR the Tropic of Cancer is about
2,608 km from the equator.
Every point on the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle is about 2,608 km
from the north or south pole respectivly.
Where is African in relation to the equator?
The equator passes over Africa throu gabon Congo, DRC, Uganda, Kenya
What are the factors that help energy from the equator move around the earth?
conduction, convection, radiation
Are the lines longitude half the the size of the equator?
Yes. Almost exactly. The equator is a full circle around the Earth, but a meridian of
longitude connects the north and south poles, so it's a semicircle. The only reason a
meridian isn't exactly half the length of the equator is that the Earth's polar diameter
is not exactly the same as its equatorial diameter. The Earth is slightly 'shorter' than
it is 'wide', which is also occasionally true of some people you see walking around.
If you stood at a place near the equator and dropped a book which direction would it fall?
It would fall downwards.
Where is Georgia on the equator?
Atlanta Georgia is about 33.75 degrees north of the equator.
That's roughly 2,330 miles from the equator.
Why will you weigh more at the north pole than the equator?
An object weighs more at the north pole than at the equator for two reasons: Distance from the center of the earth, and earths rotation.
The earth is not perfectly spherical, it's an oblate, wider at the equator than at the poles because it's spinning. As such you are slightly closer to the center of the earth when standing at the poles, than at the equator. Being slightly closer means that the gravity is slightly stronger, making you weigh more.
Also at the equator you are spinning around the earths' axis with the rest of the planet, and this acts to reduce the measured weight of an object.
Does the equator run through the Philippines?
Mexico City for example is 19 degrees north, so no it is not
Why does it make sense that six billion people can stretch around the equator?
There is no "why", because it doesn't make sense.
The equatorial circumference of the Earth is about 24,900 miles.
If you try to arrange six billion things along that line, you can only
allow an average of about 1/4 inch per each ... hardly a "stretch".
Why do trade winds blow toward the equator?
The short, oversimplified answer - sunlight hits the equator more directly than other parts of the planet, with the sun angle becoming increasingly glancing with latitude. As a result [broad generalization coming], before any wind starts blowing, air will be hotter near the Equator than in areas surrounding it. Hotter air is more buoyant and lifts upward more easily than cooler air, but upward-moving air creates a dearth of air (lower atmospheric pressure) underneath the rising air, and air nearby will be drawn in this direction to fill the void.On a non-rotating surface air moves directly from higher to lower pressure, but the Earth rotates, so the wind direction seems to be deflected (the Coriolis Force of Effect) away from its intended target and instead bends more gently toward the lower pressure. So you get winds near the Equator that blow primarily east/west, with only a gentle bend in the direction toward the north/south [depending on your hemisphere].
Is Tokyo south of the equator?
No, Tokyo is located north of the equator. It is situated at approximately 35°41'N latitude.
Is the tropic of Caprcorn north or south from the equator?
the tropic of cancer is above, and the tropic of Capricorn is below.
What two countries in the equator?
All countries in North America and South America are located in the Western Hemisphere. The only one of them that extends ever so slightly into the Eastern Hemisphere is the USA (Aleutian chain crosses the IDL).
There are a lot more than two of them, but here are two to get you started: The US and Canada.
When is sun closest to equator?
in the northern hemisphere the sun is closest to earth in the dead of winter
