EQUATOR
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| A COUNTRY ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA USED TO BE KNOWN AS SPANISH THIS; NOW IT'S EQUATORIAL THIS | show 🗑
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| A MILLER'S TALE : "23 DEGREES, 27 MINUTES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR" | show 🗑
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| THIS ECUADORIAN ISLAND GROUP STRADDLES THE EQUATOR, BUT ISABELA IS THE ONLY ONE THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES | show 🗑
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| show | EQUATOR
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| AN EQUATORIAL DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE POLAR DIAMETER MAKES THE EARTH THIS TYPE OF SPHEROID | show 🗑
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| THE LINE OF LATITUDE WITH THIS NUMBER OF DEGREES LIES HALFWAY BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE NORTH POLE | show 🗑
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| IT'S THE AREA OF LIGHT WINDS AND CALMS IN EQUATORIAL REGIONS-- HOW DEPRESSING | show 🗑
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| show | EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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| AN AFRICAN COUNTRY NAMED FOR THIS LINE IS ACTUALLY ONE DEGREE NORTH OF IT | show 🗑
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| IT'S THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL CITY LIES THE CLOSEST TO 0 DEGREES LATITUDE | show 🗑
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| show | AFRICA
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| show | CANADA AND INDIA
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| BECAUSE AREAS FAR FROM THE EQUATOR ARE ENLARGED, GREENLAND IS BIGGER THAN SOUTH AMERICA IN THE 16TH-C. PROJECTION NAMED FOR THIS MAN | show 🗑
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| show | NORTH POLE
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| IN THE WILD, PENGUINS LIVE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, WITH THE NORTHERNMOST ONES BEING FROM THIS SOUTH AMERICAN ISLAND GROUP | show 🗑
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| APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| show | GEOSYNCHRONUS
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| show | NAIROBI
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| show | ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, & INDIAN
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| THE NAME OF THIS WEST AFRICAN EQUATORIAL NATION CAME FROM THE PORTUGUESE FOR ITS RIVER'S MOUTH, RIO DE GABAO | show 🗑
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| show | BORNEO
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| show | CONGO
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| show | UGANDA
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| show | LATITUDE
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| NEAR THE EQUATOR, THIS OCEAN STRETCHES ABOUT 12,000 MILES FROM COLUMBIA TO THE MALAY PENINSULA | show 🗑
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| show | SINGAPORE
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| show | AFRICA
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| THE APPROXIMATE SPEED OF A SPOT ON THE EQUATOR WHILE THE EARTH SPINS | show 🗑
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| THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS CAPITAL SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMOND MINES IS LOCATED IN ORAPA, BOTSWANA, IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THIS DESERT | show 🗑
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| THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, WHICH INCLUDES CANBERRA, WAS CARVED OUT OF THIS MOST POPULOUS STATE | show 🗑
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| show | NEW HEBRIDES
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| LONGWOOD GOLF COURSE ON THIS SOUTH ATLANTIC BRITISH DEPENDENCY IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S REMOTEST 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE | show 🗑
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| show | MOUNT KENYA
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| PERHAPS THE LINE ISLANDS OF KIRIBATI ARE SO-NAMED BECAUSE THEY STRADDLE THIS | show 🗑
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| IN 1848 JOHANNES REBMANN BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THIS SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAIN ON THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| show | INDONESIA
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| THE LARGEST LAKE ON THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| show | GULF STREAM
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| show | EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
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| PORTUGUESE SAILORS CROSSED THIS LINE & FOUND THAT THE OCEAN DIDN'T BOIL THERE, AS WAS THOUGHT | show 🗑
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| show | ATLANTIC & INDIAN
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| IN 1947 EDITH RONNE & JENNY DARLINGTON BECAME THE FIRST WOMEN TO WINTER ON THIS CONTINENT | show 🗑
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| IN 1901 NEW ZEALAND ANNEXED THESE PACIFIC ISLANDS NAMED FOR A BRITISH SEA CAPTAIN; RAROTONGA IS THE LARGEST OF THE GROUP | show 🗑
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| 1 OF THE 2 "GREAT" AUSTRALIAN DESERTS | show 🗑
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| show | NORTH STAR
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| show | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
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| show | CHAD
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| show | ANTARCTICA & AUSTRALIA
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| show | KALAHARI
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| THE GRAN CHACO IS A LOW, FLAT PLAIN COVERING WESTERN PARAGUAY, SOUTHERN BOLIVIA, AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY | show 🗑
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| GEOTHERMAL STEAM IN THE VOLCANIC AREA OF THIS COUNTRY'S NORTH ISLAND IS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF POWER | show 🗑
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| EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS THE ONLY AFRICAN NATION WHOSE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS THIS | show 🗑
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| show | BRAZIL
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| show | VENEZUELA
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| show | AMERICAN SAMOA
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| THIS ISLAND THAT'S SECOND IN SIZE ONLY TO GREENLAND HAS SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST GOLD AND COPPER RESERVES | show 🗑
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| show | MADAGASCAR
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| THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE LIGHT & THE DARK SIDES OF THE MOON IS CALLED THIS... | show 🗑
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| show | THAILAND
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| show | SHELLBACK
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| show | TROPIC OF CANCER
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| LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, IT'S SOUTH AMERICA'S OLDEST CAPITAL | show 🗑
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| show | PLUTO
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| JUST 12 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, THIS PERUVIAN CAPITAL'S TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATED BY THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT | show 🗑
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| show | BRAZIL
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| IT'S THE LATITUDE OF ANY POINT ON THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| THE MITAD DEL MUNDO, "MIDDLE OF THE EARTH" MONUMENT, IS NEAR QUITO IN THIS COUNTRY | show 🗑
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| show | GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
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| 14-LETTER ADJECTIVE FOR A SATELLITE'S ORBIT THAT KEEPS IT ABOVE THE SAME POINT ON THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| show | EQUATOR
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| show | ANTARCTICA
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| show | VICTORIA FALLS
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| 1/5 OF THE FRESH WATER ENTERING ALL OCEANS COMES FROM THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS NORTHEAST TO THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| IN 1842 THE BRITISH MADE STANLEY THE CAPITAL OF THESE LATER WAR-TORN ISLANDS OFF ARGENTINA | show 🗑
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| THE BIGHT OF BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN OFF THE COASTS OF CAMEROON AND THIS EQUATORIAL COUNTRY | show 🗑
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| show | DOLDRUMS
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| show | LONGITUDE
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| show | PUDDINHEAD WILSON
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| show | ECUADOR
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| show | DECEMBER
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| show | SPINS ON ITS AXIS
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| show | DEGREE
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| show | VENUS
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| show | MARCH & SEPTEMBER
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| TRADE WINDS BLOW FROM BOTH THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD THIS LINE | show 🗑
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| show | EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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| BESIDES NORTH AMERICA, IT'S THE ONLY CONTINENT COMPLETELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | show 🗑
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| ACCORDING TO THE TITLE, IT'S WHAT TWAIN WAS FOLLOWING IN HIS LAST TRAVEL BOOK | show 🗑
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| DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS 12 HOURS LONG THERE | show 🗑
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| SHIP PASSENGERS ARE GREETED AND DUNKED BY KING NEPTUNE THE FIRST TIME THEY CROSS THIS | show 🗑
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| REGION NEAR THE EQUATOR THAT TOOK THE WIND OUT OF SINBAD'S SAILS | show 🗑
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| show | 0 DEGREES
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| show | MEXICO CITY
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| STARTED IN 1988 FOR THIS CITY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, A SPRINGTIME FLOWER FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER SHOWS OFF ITS COMMONWEALTH PARK | show 🗑
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| show | INDIAN OCEAN
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