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equatorial

[ee-kwuh-tawr-ee-uhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, ˌɛk wə- /
ADJECTIVE
tropical
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Stronger geomagnetic storms allow the lights to reach increasingly equatorial regions.

From Science Daily

That would mean cooler waters over the east equatorial Pacific, fostering sinking there.

From Seattle Times

White, 51, does not look like a man who benefits from extended equatorial stints.

From New York Times

Samples that U.S. and Soviet missions collected from the moon's equatorial, northeastern and northern regions between 1969 and 1976 indicate those surfaces are three billion to four billion years old.

From Scientific American

But there it is not just the northern lights and southern lights, but also the equatorial lights, mid-latitude lights, eastern lights, western lights — all around the planet.

From New York Times