equatorial

Example Sentences

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Stronger geomagnetic storms allow the lights to reach increasingly equatorial regions.

From Science Daily

Today it’s grown in equatorial regions around the world, including western Africa and several tropical regions in Asia.

From Scientific American

After centuries of trade and colonization, commercially produced chocolate had spread far from the equatorial "cocoa belt," and was newly available to cultures around the globe.

From Salon

An El Niño climate pattern, when surface water in the equatorial Pacific becomes warmer, can reduce phytoplankton production, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said.

From Washington Post

Despite a La Nina, a cooling of the equatorial Pacific that slightly reduces global average temperatures, the U.S.

From Seattle Times