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  2. Equator - Wikipedia

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    The N1 road crossing the Equator in Gabon, north of Bifoun. The equator passes through the land of eleven sovereign states. Indonesia is the country straddling the greatest length of the equatorial line across both land and sea. Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the equator passes through:

  3. Equatorial Africa - Wikipedia

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    Global map showing location of the Equator. Equatorial Africa is an ambiguous term that sometimes is used to refer either to the equatorial region of sub-Saharan Africa traversed by the Equator, [1] more broadly to tropical Africa or in a biological and geo-environmental sense to the intra-tropical African rainforest region.

  4. 10th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 10th parallel north defines part of the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea. The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

  5. Geography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Lying almost entirely within the tropics, and equally to north and south of the equator, Africa does not show excessive variations of temperature. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] Great heat is experienced in the lower plains and desert regions of North Africa, removed by the great width of the continent from the influence of the ocean, and here, too, the contrast ...

  6. Hemispheres of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Northern Hemisphere: The half that lies north of the Equator. This hemisphere contains approximately 68% of Earth's landmass and is home to about 90% of the global population. [4] It includes North America, Europe, Asia, and most of Africa. Southern Hemisphere: The half that lies south of the Equator. It contains approximately 32% of Earth's ...

  7. 15th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 15th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 15 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.It crosses the Saharan fringe (the Sahel) in Africa, three key peninsulas of Asia (between which parts of the Indian Ocean), the Pacific Ocean, an isthmus of Central America, the southern Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

  8. 20th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    In Africa, the parallel defines part of the border between Libya and Sudan. The 20th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

  9. 9th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 9th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 9 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa , the Indian Ocean , South Asia , Southeast Asia , the Pacific Ocean , Central America , South America , and the Atlantic Ocean .