Glossary term: Ecuador
Description: El ecuador es una línea imaginaria que rodea la Tierra, equidistante de los polos norte y sur y perpendicular al eje de rotación de la Tierra. El ecuador marca la línea de la superficie terrestre más alejada del eje de rotación. En los polos, el eje de rotación se cruza con la superficie. En el sistema de coordenadas de latitud y longitud de la superficie terrestre, el ecuador se define como un punto con cero grados de latitud. El ecuador divide la Tierra en un hemisferio norte y un hemisferio sur. Los lugares del hemisferio norte tienen latitud positiva; los lugares del hemisferio sur tienen latitud negativa.
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