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

Where the equator passes

  • It crosses parts of South America, Africa, and Asia.
  • It passes through 13 countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Indonesia, Maldives, and Kiribati.
  • It also crosses three major oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.

Example to picture it

If you look at a globe, the thick horizontal line in the middle labeled 0° is the equator; everything above it is the Northern Hemisphere and everything below it is the Southern Hemisphere.

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