equator
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Near the equator, vast coal-swamp forests stretched across the landscape.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
“The future of the church is as much below the equator as above it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
High temperatures are nothing new in the west African nation, perched just above the equator.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Kourou's position close to the equator on the South American continent has some launch advantages, but European-built rockets must be shipped thousands of kilometres then reassembled, adding to logistical challenges.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
The only numbers that escape are the ones that are equally distant from the two rivals—the numbers on the equator, like 1, –1, and i.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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