Although the equator stretches 24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers) around the world, it travels through just 13 countries, though only the water controlled by two of these rather than the landmasses themselves.
The equator is an imaginary line that circles the Earth, splitting it into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Because of this, the intersection point of any location by the equator is equidistant from the North and South poles. Find out what life is like for countries along the equator.