Although Ecuador takes its name from the equator, it is not the only country that runs through it. It is an imaginary horizontal line drawn on maps to divide the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere of the planet into equal parts.

The equatorial line is located around the Earth, in the part with the largest diameter. In total it measures 40,075 kilometers. All countries that share the equator also share other characteristics, even though they are on different continents.

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The equator line passes through Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

What is most striking is the climate, since in these areas approaching latitude 0 the equatorial climate is recorded. That means mild temperatures, rain and little wind.

There are a total of 13 countries that have the equator on their territory.

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These are the countries crossed by the equator

America

Africa

Asia

Greenwich meridian

The equator divides the planet horizontally, but the Greenwich meridian does so vertically. This creates two semicircles of 180° each, segmented into time zones of 15° each (the result of dividing 360° of the full circumference by 24 hours).

These are the countries crossed by the Greenwich Meridian.

Europe

Africa