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IPA/ekwatœʁ/
On traverse l'équateur en avion.
We cross the equator by plane.
La ville se trouve au sud de l'équateur.
The city is located south of the equator.
An invisible ring around Earth marking zero latitude and dividing the globe into northern and southern halves.
au sud de l'équateur
south of the equator
au nord de l'équateur
north of the equator
latitude: The angular value expressing how far north or south a place lies.
parallèle: A line encircling Earth through points with equal latitude.
tropique: A line about 23.5 degrees north or south where the Sun is overhead at some time of year.
méridien: A north-south line used as a reference for measuring longitude.
L'équateur est le cercle imaginaire de la Terre situé à la latitude 0°, qui sépare l'hémisphère nord et l'hémisphère sud et sert de référence pour la latitude.
French équateur comes from Medieval Latin aequator, 'that which makes equal', from aequare, 'to make equal'.