Equator

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circle of latitude geographical concept imaginary line

The Equator is an imaginary line encircling the Earth at equal distance from the poles, dividing the planet into Northern and Southern Hemispheres and marking 0° latitude.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Equator canonical 22
Earth’s geographic equator 1
Equator (nearby, just north) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf circle of latitude ⓘ
geographical concept ⓘ
imaginary line ⓘ
associatedWith equatorial climate ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
climateCharacteristic generally warm temperatures year-round ⓘ
relatively small seasonal temperature variation ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinate system ⓘ
dayLengthCharacteristic approximately equal day and night length year-round ⓘ
defines 0° latitude ⓘ
distanceFromNorthPole approximately 10,002 km ⓘ
distanceFromSouthPole approximately 10,002 km ⓘ
divides Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
latitude 0 degrees ⓘ
0° ⓘ
onBody Earth ⓘ
parallelTo all other lines of latitude ⓘ
passesNear Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
passesThrough Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
South America ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
perpendicularTo Earth’s axis of rotation ⓘ
planetaryAnalogue other planets also have equators ⓘ
relatedTo Earth’s rotation ⓘ
roleInCoordinateSystem reference line for latitude ⓘ
separates Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
solarPosition receives nearly direct sunlight throughout the year ⓘ
usedFor cartography ⓘ
climate classification ⓘ
defining Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
defining Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlantic Ocean → crossedBy → Equator ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere → hasBoundary → Equator ⓘ
Africa → crossedByLine → Equator ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer → parallelTo → Equator ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere → boundary → Equator ⓘ
Tropic of Capricorn → parallelTo → Equator ⓘ
Eurasia → crossedBy → Equator ⓘ
Arctic Circle → parallelOf → Equator ⓘ
Arctic Circle → relatedCircle → Equator ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe → locatedOn → Equator ⓘ
South Equatorial Current → boundedBy → Equator ⓘ
Antarctic Circle → relatedTo → Equator ⓘ
Philippine Basin → locatedNorthOf → Equator ⓘ
Kapuas River → passesNear → Equator ⓘ
Ilhéu das Rolas → crossedBy → Equator ⓘ
Kiritimati → crossedBy → Equator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Equator (nearby, just north)
Earth parallels system → usesReferenceLine → Equator ⓘ
Earth parallels system → includesSpecialParallel → Equator ⓘ
West Kalimantan → crossedBy → Equator ⓘ
Equatorial City → locatedOn → Equator ⓘ
subject surface form: Pontianak
Mbandaka → locatedNear → Equator ⓘ
31st parallel north → isParallelOf → Equator ⓘ
31st parallel north → isNorthOf → Equator ⓘ
Earth’s inner radiation belt → isOffsetFrom → Equator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earth’s geographic equator