EQUATOR Word Scramble

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A COUNTRY ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA USED TO BE KNOWN AS SPANISH THIS; NOW IT'S EQUATORIAL THIS	GUINEA
A MILLER'S TALE : "23 DEGREES, 27 MINUTES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR"	TROPIC OF CANCER
THIS ECUADORIAN ISLAND GROUP STRADDLES THE EQUATOR, BUT ISABELA IS THE ONLY ONE THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES	GALAPAGOS
THE COLDEST AREA OF THE TROPOSPHERE OCCURS OVER THIS LINE; MAKE SENSE, SINCE THE LINE'S AT 0 DEGREES	EQUATOR
AN EQUATORIAL DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE POLAR DIAMETER MAKES THE EARTH THIS TYPE OF SPHEROID	OBLATE
THE LINE OF LATITUDE WITH THIS NUMBER OF DEGREES LIES HALFWAY BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE NORTH POLE	45 DEGREES
IT'S THE AREA OF LIGHT WINDS AND CALMS IN EQUATORIAL REGIONS-- HOW DEPRESSING	DOLDRUMS
BIOKO, AN ISLAND OF THIS EQUATORIAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS FERNANDO POO	EQUATORIAL GUINEA
AN AFRICAN COUNTRY NAMED FOR THIS LINE IS ACTUALLY ONE DEGREE NORTH OF IT	EQUATOR
IT'S THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL CITY LIES THE CLOSEST TO 0 DEGREES LATITUDE	ECUADOR
THE EQUATOR STRETCHES ACROSS MORE LAND MASS ON THIS CONTINENT THAN ANY OTHER	AFRICA
OF THE 10 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE 2 THAT ARE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR	CANADA AND INDIA
BECAUSE AREAS FAR FROM THE EQUATOR ARE ENLARGED, GREENLAND IS BIGGER THAN SOUTH AMERICA IN THE 16TH-C. PROJECTION NAMED FOR THIS MAN	MERCATOR
THE FLAG OF THE UNITED NATIONS SHOWS THE WORLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS SPOT	NORTH POLE
IN THE WILD, PENGUINS LIVE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, WITH THE NORTHERNMOST ONES BEING FROM THIS SOUTH AMERICAN ISLAND GROUP	GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF THE EQUATOR	25,000 MILES
ADJECTIVE FOR A SATELLITE MEANING STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION ABOVE THE EARTH'S EQUATOR AT ALL TIMES	GEOSYNCHRONUS
90 MILES FROM THE EQUATOR, THIS MILE-HIGH KENYAN CAPTIAL RARELY EXCEEDS 80 DEGREES IN TEMPERATURE	NAIROBI
THE 3 OCEANS THE EQUATOR CROSSES	ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, & INDIAN
THE NAME OF THIS WEST AFRICAN EQUATORIAL NATION CAME FROM THE PORTUGUESE FOR ITS RIVER'S MOUTH, RIO DE GABAO	GABON
THE 3RD LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD, THIS INDONESIAN ONE IS BISECTED BY THE EQUATOR	BORNEO
BOTH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA WITH THIS RIVER IN THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE EQUATOR	CONGO
THIS COUNTRY CROSSES THE LINE; THE CITY OF ENTEBBE IS JUST NORTH OF IT	UGANDA
MEASURED IN DEGREES, IT'S THE ANGULAR DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EARTH'S EQUATOR	LATITUDE
NEAR THE EQUATOR, THIS OCEAN STRETCHES ABOUT 12,000 MILES FROM COLUMBIA TO THE MALAY PENINSULA	PACIFIC OCEAN
THIS CITY-STATE IS FOUND A MERE 85 MILES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR	SINGAPORE
OF THE 7 CONTINENTS, IT'S THE ONE DIVIDED HALFWAY UP BY THE EQUATOR	AFRICA
THE APPROXIMATE SPEED OF A SPOT ON THE EQUATOR WHILE THE EARTH SPINS	1,000 MPH
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS CAPITAL SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	BUENOS AIRES
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMOND MINES IS LOCATED IN ORAPA, BOTSWANA, IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THIS DESERT	KALAHARI
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, WHICH INCLUDES CANBERRA, WAS CARVED OUT OF THIS MOST POPULOUS STATE	NEW SOUTH WALES
IN 1774, CAPT. JAMES COOK CHARTERED THE ISLANDS THAT NOW COMPOSE VANUATU AND NAMED THEM THIS FOR AN ISLAND GROUP OFF SCOTLAND	NEW HEBRIDES
LONGWOOD GOLF COURSE ON THIS SOUTH ATLANTIC BRITISH DEPENDENCY IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S REMOTEST 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE	ST. HELENA
ALTHOUGH IT STANDS ALMOST ON THE EQUATOR, THIS SECOND-HIGHEST AFRICAN PEAK IS CAPPED BY 12 GLACIERS	MOUNT KENYA
PERHAPS THE LINE ISLANDS OF KIRIBATI ARE SO-NAMED BECAUSE THEY STRADDLE THIS	EQUATOR
IN 1848 JOHANNES REBMANN BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THIS SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAIN ON THE EQUATOR	KILIMANJARO
THE EQUATOR PASSES THROUGH THIS NATION'S ISLANDS OF SULAWESI, KALIMANTAN, & SUMATRA	INDONESIA
THE LARGEST LAKE ON THE EQUATOR	LAKE VICTORIA
BLEND THE NORTH & SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS, ADD A SPLASH FROM WEST OF FLORIDA, AND YOU'VE GOT THIS "STREAM"	GULF STREAM
THIS FIELD IS MEASURED IN NANOTESLAS--IT'S ABOUT 60,000 NANOTESLAS AT THE POLES AND 30,000 AT THE EQUATOR	EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
PORTUGUESE SAILORS CROSSED THIS LINE & FOUND THAT THE OCEAN DIDN'T BOIL THERE, AS WAS THOUGHT	EQUATOR
THE MERIDIAN OF CAPE AGULHAS, AFRICA'S MOST SOUTHERLY POINT, SERVES AS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE 2 OCEANS	ATLANTIC & INDIAN
IN 1947 EDITH RONNE & JENNY DARLINGTON BECAME THE FIRST WOMEN TO WINTER ON THIS CONTINENT	ANTARCTICA
IN 1901 NEW ZEALAND ANNEXED THESE PACIFIC ISLANDS NAMED FOR A BRITISH SEA CAPTAIN; RAROTONGA IS THE LARGEST OF THE GROUP	COOK ISLANDS
1 OF THE 2 "GREAT" AUSTRALIAN DESERTS	GREAT SANDY OR GREAT VICTORIA
PASSING THROUGH INDONESIA, MARCO FREAKED OUT WHEN HE WENT SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, AND COULDN'T SEE THIS STAR	NORTH STAR
OF THE TOP 25 MOST-LIVABLE COUNTRIES, THESE ARE THE ONLY 2 SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
IN ITS CAPITAL N'DJAMENA, YOU MIGHT LEARN THAT THIS NATION WAS ONCE PART OF FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA	CHAD
THE 2 CONTINENTS ENTIRELY SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	ANTARCTICA & AUSTRALIA
BOER VOORTREKKERS WHO ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THIS DESERT IN THE LATE 19TH-C. CALLED IT THE "THIRTSTLAND"	KALAHARI
THE GRAN CHACO IS A LOW, FLAT PLAIN COVERING WESTERN PARAGUAY, SOUTHERN BOLIVIA, AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY	ARGENTINA
GEOTHERMAL STEAM IN THE VOLCANIC AREA OF THIS COUNTRY'S NORTH ISLAND IS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF POWER	NEW ZEALAND
EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS THE ONLY AFRICAN NATION WHOSE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS THIS	SPANISH
OF THE MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES, THIS COUNTRY STRETCHES THE FARTHEST SOUTH	BRAZIL
IN AREA, IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA ENTIRELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR	VENEZUELA
IT'S THE ONLY INHABITED U.S. TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	AMERICAN SAMOA
THIS ISLAND THAT'S SECOND IN SIZE ONLY TO GREENLAND HAS SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST GOLD AND COPPER RESERVES	NEW GUINEA
FRENCH & MALAGASY ARE THIS COUNTRY'S 2 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES	MADAGASCAR
THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE LIGHT & THE DARK SIDES OF THE MOON IS CALLED THIS...	TERMINATOR
OF KENYA, COLUMBIA, OR THAILAND, THE ONE THAT'S NOT FOUND ON THE EQUATOR	THAILAND
EITHER AND EXPERIENCE SAILOR OR JUST ONE WHO'S CROSSED THE EQUATOR	SHELLBACK
IT'S THE NEXT LINE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR THAT HAS BEEN NAMED AS WELL AS NUMBERED	TROPIC OF CANCER
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, IT'S SOUTH AMERICA'S OLDEST CAPITAL	QUITO, ECUADOR
IT'S THE ONLY PLANET WHOSE ORBIT IS TILTED 17 DEGREES OFF THE PLANE OF THE SUN'S EQUATOR	PLUTO
JUST 12 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, THIS PERUVIAN CAPITAL'S TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATED BY THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT	LIMA
THE EQUATOR CROSSES MORE LAND IN THIS SOUTH AMERICAN NATION THAN ANY OTHER	BRAZIL
IT'S THE LATITUDE OF ANY POINT ON THE EQUATOR	0
THE MITAD DEL MUNDO, "MIDDLE OF THE EARTH" MONUMENT, IS NEAR QUITO IN THIS COUNTRY	ECUADOR
THESE ISLAND WERE NAMED FROM THE SPANISH FOR "SADDLES", FOR THE SADDLEBACK TORTOISES FOUND THERE	GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
14-LETTER ADJECTIVE FOR A SATELLITE'S ORBIT THAT KEEPS IT ABOVE THE SAME POINT ON THE EQUATOR	GEOSYNCHRONUS
THE FIRST TIME YOUR SHIP CROSSES THIS LINE, YOU'LL BE CERTIFIED A SHELLBACK, WITH GREAT CEREMONY	EQUATOR
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE WEST PART OF THIS CONTINENT WOULD BE AN ARCHIPELAGO IF THE ICE WERE REMOVED	ANTARCTICA
THIS 350' WATERFALL IS ON THE ZAMBEZI RIVER ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND ZAMBIA	VICTORIA FALLS
1/5 OF THE FRESH WATER ENTERING ALL OCEANS COMES FROM THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS NORTHEAST TO THE EQUATOR	AMAZON
IN 1842 THE BRITISH MADE STANLEY THE CAPITAL OF THESE LATER WAR-TORN ISLANDS OFF ARGENTINA	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
THE BIGHT OF BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN OFF THE COASTS OF CAMEROON AND THIS EQUATORIAL COUNTRY	EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SAILING SHIPS MAY EXPERIENCE DAYS OF CALM IN THIS OCEAN REGION NEAR THE EQUATOR	DOLDRUMS
THE PRIME MERIDIAN MEETS THE EQUATOR AT 0 DEGREES LATITUDE, 0 DEGREES THIS	LONGITUDE
MARK TWAIN TITLE LAWYER WHOSE ADAGES ALSO APPEAR IN "FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR"	PUDDINHEAD WILSON
THE SANJUANITO IS CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL DANCE OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS CROSSED BY THE EQUATOR	ECUADOR
IN THE PART OF SOUTH AMERICAN SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, SUMMER BEGINS DURING THIS MONTH	DECEMBER
NEWTON FIGURED THE EARTH SHOULD BE AN OBLATE SPHEROID WITH AN EQUATORIAL BULGE BECAUSE IT DOES THIS	SPINS ON ITS AXIS
MEASURING LONGITUDE AT THE EQUATOR, 1 OF THESE EQUALS 69.17 MILES	DEGREE
A THICK CLOUD COVER IS ONE REASON TEMPERATURES AT ITS EQUATOR AND POLES ARE ABOUT THE SAME	VENUS
THE 2 MONTHS IN WHICH THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EQUATOR FOR PART OF A DAY	MARCH & SEPTEMBER
TRADE WINDS BLOW FROM BOTH THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD THIS LINE	EQUATOR
DESPITE ITS NAME, THE EQUATOR DOES NOT RUN THROUGH THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY	EQUATORIAL GUINEA
BESIDES NORTH AMERICA, IT'S THE ONLY CONTINENT COMPLETELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR	EUROPE
ACCORDING TO THE TITLE, IT'S WHAT TWAIN WAS FOLLOWING IN HIS LAST TRAVEL BOOK	THE EQUATOR
DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS 12 HOURS LONG THERE	EQUATOR
SHIP PASSENGERS ARE GREETED AND DUNKED BY KING NEPTUNE THE FIRST TIME THEY CROSS THIS	EQUATOR
REGION NEAR THE EQUATOR THAT TOOK THE WIND OUT OF SINBAD'S SAILS	DOLDRUMS
BECAUSE OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION, A PERSON AT SEA LEVEL IS LIGHTEST WHEN STANDING AT THIS DEGREE OF LATITUDE	0 DEGREES
OF ALL THE CITIES TO HOST THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES, THIS ONE LIES CLOSEST TO THE EQUATOR	MEXICO CITY
STARTED IN 1988 FOR THIS CITY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, A SPRINGTIME FLOWER FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER SHOWS OFF ITS COMMONWEALTH PARK	CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
IF YOU DIG STRAIGHT THROUGH THE EARTH'S CENTER FROM CANTON, OH YOU'LL END UP NOT IN CHINA BUT IN THIS BODY OF WATER	INDIAN OCEAN

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