equator
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“The future of the church is as much below the equator as above it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Notice that this map stretches things out vertically near the equator and horizontally near the poles.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
These are determined by Earth's tilt and the sun's position over the equator.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Furthermore, only about one-third of its area falls within the sub-Saharan zone north of the equator that was occupied by farmers and herders before 1000 B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing equator
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Human Geography - Middle School
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