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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.
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All of Mexico is north of the equator. The country's southernmost point
is at about 14.6
Which state is closer to the equator Florida or Texas?
Florida is slightly closer, as its southernmost city, Key West, is near 24.56° North latitude.
For Texas, the southernmost point is South Point, near Brownsville, at 25.87 North latitude.
Is the savanna closer to the equator or pole?
The grasslands in the arctic and sub-arctic are called tundra; grass cannot grow near the poles themselves, as it's too cold and too dry. Those near the equator are called (no surprise) equatorial grasslands.
In which directions is the equator from theunited states?
The equator is south of the united states because the equator divides the globe into north and south and if you look at a globe then you will see that the equator is south of the us
ps: if you have any more questions im on facebook .
Which three countries in south America struddle the equator?
That would be Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia.
How far is germany from the Equator?
The distance from north to south in Germany is 530 miles. The distance from east to west in this country is 404 miles.
What generally happens to air temperature as we move from the equator to poles?
temperatures starts to decrease in degrees and the days get shorter
What country is located entirely south of the equator?
The nation at the southernmost tip of Africa is the Republic of South Africa.
Cape Aghulus is the southernmost point within the Republic of South Africa, making it the southernmost point of the African continent.
It became the Union of South Africa on the 31st of May 1910 (independent from Britain), and became the Republic of South Africa on the 31st of May 1961.
Would the tropic of Capricorn be located north or south of the equator?
The Tropic of Capricorn is located south of the equator, at approximately 23.5 degrees south latitude.
If by "the sun's revolution" you mean it's rotational period (how long it takes the sun to spin around once), you can safely assume about 25 days. (25.38 to be exact) This is a difficult thing to measure as the sun is completely gas and different sections (from the equator to its poles) rotate at different velocities.
However, if you mean how long it takes the sun to rotate around the center of the GALAXY, this is measured to be 2.25 to 2.5 x 108 (250 MILLION YEARS!) The velocity at which the Sun travels around the center of the galaxy has been calculated to be 220,000 meters PER SECOND. So combining these two things we estimate that the Sun journeys over 6 BILLION miles for just one rotation!
These are big numbers to think about, but it makes you realize how HUGE our galaxy and space is... and there are billions of more galaxies out there!
Is the earth's equator the same temperature why or why not?
No, there is a range of temperatures around the Earth's equator due to changes in altitude. The mountains along the equator can (and do, in many cases) have snow on their peaks because they are so high in the atmosphere that it is below freezing. The ocean beaches along the equator tend to be 80 degrees F or higher for most of the year.
How is heat redistributed from the equator to the poles?
Energy is not distributed from the Equator. All forms of energy that come to Earth are distributed as equally as possible, but because of the Earth's shape, the Equator gets more.
How many degrees are there between the equator and the tropic of cancer?
it is 24 degrees.
23.5 but rounded to what on top^
What are Imaginary lines which run at right angles to the equator?
They are lines of constant latitude, all parallel to the equator.
Which is closer to equator Mexico or Dominican Republic?
NO NO AND A ZILLION NO!!!!!!!!
If ur talking about the Dominican Republic it is still no!
The commonwealth of Dominica is located in the CARIBBEAN!! That's between Guadeloupe and Martinique.
It is beautiful country and i think everyone in the world should visit it.
Why are some parts of Africa cold even through they are near the equator?
places like Kenya and Tanzania where they have high mountains
How many degrees north of equator is Tennessee?
Utah is a big place. It covers the range of latitude from 37° to 42° north.
The state capitol building is located at
40.776° north latitude
111.888° west longitude.
This contributor also recommends the hotel at 40.72556° north, 111.85621° west.
Fifteen minutes from the state capitol or the airport, rooms on the hotel's south side,
away from the street, open onto a patch of undisturbed nature where a tree-shaded
foot-path parallels a stream with real fish in it.
What African country is on the equator and starts with g?
There are several African nations that have names which starts with a g. Some of these countries include Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia and many more.
Why are you heavier at the poles than at the equator?
You weigh less at the poles than at the equator due to the little bit of centripetal force trying to fling you off the surface (but gravity is much stronger). Also the earth is not a perfect sphere - it's an oblate spheroid so you are closer to the center of mass at the poles than at the equator and gravity is inversely proportional to the distance between your center of mass and that of the Earth. Your mass doesn't change, just your weight. Gravity near the equator is about 9.782 m/s². Gravity at the North Pole is about 9.832 m/s². You would weigh about 0.5% more at the North Pole than at the equator. the situation is similar at the South Pole but the difference is slightly less because Antarctica is not at sea level. Although land at the South Pole is only about a hundred meters above sea level, the ice sheet above it is roughly 2,700 meters (9,000 feet) thick; the North Pole is much closer to sea level
You will weigh more at the North or South pole than you will at the equator. The difference will be extremely small.
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(from the physics book) You'll weigh more at the pole because you're closer to the earth's center of gravity. That happens because the earth is not a perfect sphere. It is "flattened" at the poles because of the rotation of the earth, and this causes our planet to "bulge" a bit at the equator.
In addition, a person on the equator will have the rotation of the earth trying to "throw them off" the planet. This will subtract a bit more from a person's weight at the equator.
In other words: You weigh LESS at the equator because of --greater distance from the center of mass and --acceleration due to the rotation of the earth. You weigh MORE at either of the poles because --you are closer to the earth's center of gravity and --there is no centripital force at the poles.
Either effect is very small; the difference in a person's weight will be less than one half of one percent. (Less than 0.5%)
If you use a scale that compares your weight to a set of of the scale's own weights, no difference will be seen, because the same forces will be working on those weights. You would have to use a spring scale to get an accurate reading.
Your mass through all this remains the same no matter where you are. It is your weight that varies because weight is a function of mass and gravity.
Which imaginary line divides the earth into south and north?
The Line of Demarcation was an imaginary line of longitude, moved slightly from the line drawn by Pope Alexander VI to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain. This line was drawn in 1493 after Christopher Columbus returned from his maiden voyage to the Americas. Territorial disputes between the two seafaring nations led the Pope to adjudicate in the hope that this would lead to peace between the two powers. It allocated territory as between Spain and Portugal, excepting only those areas already ruled by a Christian monarch or power; the interests of the people then inhabiting the affected lands were not otherwise taken into account. As such, the Pope's arbitration could be considered as laying the legal and political foundation for countless other international documents drawn over the next four and a half centuries, based on the implicit or explicit assumption that European powers had the right to divide the rest of the world among themselves without regard to the wishes and aspirations of the peoples living there - an assumption still taken for granted in the Nineteenth Century (for example, in the partition of Africa between colonial powers in the Congress of Berlin) and only gradually coming into question during the Twentieth Century. Thus, Alexander VI can be considered to have laid an important cornerstone in the legal foundation of Colonialism. The line drawn ran north to south about 560 kilometers (350 miles) west of the Azores and Cape Verde islands. On the other side of the globe, it passed just east of the Philippines/Philippine islands. Portugal's claim to the Philippines was recognized by Spain in the Treaty of Saragossa in 1529, which set the longitude 17° east of The Moluccas & The Spice Islands. Portugal was allowed to claim land to the east of this line, and Spain to the west. The line was never surveyed and many historians suppose that it was near the 48° longitude. It also just missed crossing the South American coast which had not yet been discovered. However, neither nation was satisfied with this settlement, and a year later they mutually agreed by the Treaty of Tordesillas (signed in 1494) to shift the line 2,000 km (1,300 miles) to the west of the Cape Verde Islands. This later gave the Portuguese the claim to Brazil. In later treaties between the two nations, Portugal gave up its claim to the Philippines in exchange for the south and west areas in South America (now Brazil) beyond the Line of Demarcation. Although the line was created to settle territorial disputes between the sole powers at that time, it did not take into account the rise of other powers such as France, nor the Protestant nations of United Kingdom|Britain or the Netherlands, who ignored the papal demarcation and staked their own claims.
