What is the equator?
Earth's Middle Belt
What is the equator?
There's an invisible line wrapped around the middle of the Earth, and it has a name: the equator. You can't see it painted on the ground or feel it when you cross it, but it's one of the most important lines we've ever invented.
Imagine the Earth is spinning like a top. It spins around an invisible rod through its center—we call that the axis. The North Pole is at the top, the South Pole is at the bottom, and right in the middle, exactly halfway between them, that's where the equator lives.
