where is the equator

The equator is an imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole at 0° latitude. It divides the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and is about 40,075 km (24,901 miles) long.

Where the equator runs

• It goes around the “middle” of Earth, equal distance from both poles.

• It crosses parts of South America, Africa, and Asia.

• Countries on the equator include Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Indonesia, and Maldives (very close to the line).

• It also passes through the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

Quick mental picture

If you imagine Earth as a sphere, the equator is the big circle around its widest part, like the seam around the middle of a basketball. Every point on that circle is at latitude 0°.

In short: the equator isn’t a physical road you can follow everywhere, but a geographic line around Earth’s middle that marks 0° latitude and splits the globe into two halves.

TL;DR: The equator is at 0° latitude, halfway between the North and South Poles, circling the middle of Earth through 13 countries and three major oceans.

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