When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally ...

Explore the longest line of latitude on Earth, the Equator. Learn about its length, countries it crosses, climate, and ...

Sixteen miles north of Quito, Ecuador’s national capital, stands a 98-foot-high stone monument topped by a five-ton brass globe. It’s the centerpiece of Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World ...

That hurricanes do not cross the equator is a claim that has spread online for years, and that’s because the concept on which this idea is based – the Coriolis Effect – is a complex one. Earth's ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The location of the magnetic equator -- the constantly shifting imaginary line around the Earth where the ...

Another signpost was erected recently at the spot offering a beautiful view of a vast forested area. Mbwiri Mbursar, a property agent at Gatimbi, who is also a local, said they would not accept the ...

After years living in Ecuador, I thought it was about time I visited the equator - but it proved more difficult than I thought. The reason being that in Ecuador there are several places that claim to ...

Morris Gituma a resident of Gatimbi pointing at the sign where the equator line has been presumed to pass through for over 40 years on August 6, 2018. The equator moved exactly one kilometer towards ...

There are 13 countries that sit on Earth's equator. Can you get them all in 5 minutes? If so, how fast can you do it?