Which continent is situated on both sides of equator and is very hot?

Which continent is situated on both sides of equator and is very hot?

The continent of Africa lies on both sides of the equator. Moreover, it is the only continent through which tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn and equator all pass. That’s why it is very hot as it lies entirely in the tropical region. The equator passes in two continent.

Which two continents lie in both sides of the equator?

Answer: The continent that lies on both sides of the equator in South America and Africa.

Which continent lies on the equator?

Africa
The equator passes through the continents of South America, Africa and Asia. 2. Until 1840, Antarctica was known as ‘Terra Australis Incognita’ (‘Unknown Southern Land’).

What countries are on both sides of the equator?

The Equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.

Which zone lies on both sides of the Equator and touches both the tropics?

Dear Student, It is the Torrid zone or tropical Zone that lies on both sides of the equator and touches both the tropics.

What continent lies directly west of Asia?

Asia is bounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south, the Red Sea (as well as the inland seas of the Atlantic Ocean—the Mediterranean and the Black) to the southwest, and Europe to the west.

How many continents lie partially or completely south of the Equator?

Australia and Antarctica are the two continents entirely to the south of the equator. The equator divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres…

How hot is the equator?

Average annual temperatures in equatorial lowlands are around 31 °C (88 °F) during the afternoon and 23 °C (73 °F) around sunrise. Rainfall is very high away from cold ocean current upwelling zones, from 2,500 to 3,500 mm (100 to 140 in) per year.

Which zone lies on both sides of the equator and touches both the tropics?

How hot is the Equator?

Is the Equator the hottest place on earth?

So the concept that the hottest place on earth is around the equator and the coolest is on the poles is wrong. It is hotter in the desert than around the equator because the weather in the desert is very dry so when the temperature rises and it doesn’t rain the temperature will rise even higher ….

Which places that are very cold experience?

Here is the list of 13 Coldest Places in India You Must Experience

• Dras – The Coldest Place in India.
• Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir.
• Leh Ladakh – One of the Lowest Summer Temperature in India.
• North Sikkim.
• Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh.
• Munsiyari, Uttarakhand.
• Amarnath, Jammu & Kashmir – A haven for pilgrims.