The Equator is an imaginary circle located at 0\u00b0 latitude, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. It divides the Earth into two equal halves: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator passes through 13 countries across three continents: South America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania. It crosses the landmass of 11 countries and the territorial waters of two island nations, the Maldives and Kiribati.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator passes through three countries in South America: Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator passes through seven African countries: S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator is associated with three countries in this region: Indonesia, the Maldives and Kiribati. It crosses Indonesia’s landmass and passes through the territorial waters of the Maldives and Kiribati.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator does not pass through any state of India because India lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. The Equator is located at 0\u00b0 latitude, while mainland India extends from approximately 8\u00b04\u2032 N to 37\u00b06\u2032 N latitude.<\/span><\/p>\n However, the Tropic of Cancer (23\u00b030\u2032 N) passes through eight Indian states. These states are:<\/span><\/p>\n The climate around the Equator is generally hot, humid and rainy throughout the year, with high temperatures and limited seasonal temperature variation.<\/span><\/p>\n The Equator receives sunlight at a relatively high angle throughout the year. Solar energy is therefore concentrated over a smaller surface area than at higher latitudes, resulting in strong heating.<\/span><\/p>\n The main reasons for high temperatures around the Equator are:<\/span><\/p>\n The natural vegetation of equatorial regions depends mainly on temperature, rainfall, soil conditions and seasonal variations in moisture. Warm temperatures throughout the year allow plants to grow for much of the year wherever sufficient water and suitable soil conditions are available.<\/span><\/p>\n Equator is an imaginary line at 0\u00b0 latitude that divides Earth into two hemispheres. Learn about countries it crosses, India’s location, climate and vegetation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":128850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[10863],"class_list":["post-128827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-equator","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128900,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128827\/revisions\/128900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Equator Passes through How Many Countries?<\/b><\/h2>\n
1. South America<\/b><\/h3>\n
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2. Africa<\/b><\/h3>\n
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3. Asia and Oceania<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Equator Passes through Which States of India?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Climate Around the Equator<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Why Is It Hot Around the Equator?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Natural Vegetation Around the Equator<\/b><\/h3>\n
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