equator

     

The equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equiistant from the North Pole and South Pole that divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. The equators of other planets and astronomical bodies are defined analogously.

Trivia about equator

  • This line divides the Earth into northern & southern hemispheres
  • This imaginary line separates the north Pacific from the south pacific
  • Ecuador derives its name from this geographical line
  • Follow this line & you'll travel almost exactly 24,900 miles to get back to your starting point
  • On the 1st day of spring or fall, the Sun is directly over this imaginary line
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a flag on a monitor.) On the flag of Kiribati, the blue & white waves stand for the Pacific Ocean; the rising sun represents this, which straddles the nation
  • It's the dividing line between the northern & southern hemispheres
  • Perhaps the Line Islands of Kiribati are so-named because they straddle this
  • The tropic of cancer lies 23 degrees 27 minutes north of this line
  • The Earth's greatest circumference lies along a circle just south of this imaginary line
  • The coldest area of the troposphere occurs over this line; makes sense, since the line's at 0 degrees
  • The first time your ship crosses this line, you'll be certified a Shellback, with great ceremony
  • (Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the National Geographic Endeavour. Alex: And...) We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth
  • This line divides the Northern & Southern Hemispheres
  • An African country named for this line is actually one degree north of it
  • Trade winds blow from both the northeast & southeast toward this line
  • Days & nights are always 12 hours long there
  • Living along this "line", you can, at one time or another, see all the constellations
  • A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
  • To travel at a speed of 1,037 miles per hour just stand on the Earth anywhere along this
  • This imaginary line that circles the globe is also known as 0 degrees latitude
  • According to the title, it's what Twain was following in his last travel book
  • On the Earth's surface, it's 24,901 miles long
  • Ship passengers are greeted & dunked by King Neptune 1st time they cross this
  • Portuguese sailors crossed this line & found that the ocean didn't boil there, as was thought
  • (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Contending with cold water & hot land, the Galapagos penguin is the only species to occur north of this line, the midpoint of the Tropics

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