What is the equator? The equator is a line around the world half way between the poles.

Equator

A woman standing on the line of the equator.

It is mainly used in studies of the Earth, but it can be used in the study of planets and moons. It is an imaginary line which runs round the middle of a globe. It is the same distance from both the North and the South Poles.

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