equator

Example Sentences

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The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Researchers from Rice University used a climate model modified for Mars to explore whether lakes could have survived in places such as Gale Crater near the planet's equator.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Notice that this map stretches things out vertically near the equator and horizontally near the poles.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

Given this was hundreds of millions of years ago, Scotland bore no resemblance to the land it is today, instead being located near the equator.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

It was, at the time, the largest African school below the equator, with more than a thousand students, both male and female.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela