equatorial region
Earth's warm belt
The equatorial region is the zone surrounding Earth's equator, typically extending roughly 10 to 15 degrees latitude north and south.
This belt receives the most direct sunlight year-round, producing consistently warm temperatures, high humidity, and abundant rainfall.
The world's largest tropical rainforests—the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asian jungles—lie within equatorial regions.
- tropical climateWarm, rainy year-round conditions
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- Congo BasinMajor African river watershed
- river basinLand draining to one waterway
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
tropical rainforest · rain forest · dense vegetation · indigenous tribes · wildlife corridor · wet season · monsoon · solar radiation · steamy air · dry season · tropics · Kiribati · deforestation · precipitation · trade winds · Congo · endemic species · cultural diversity
- lunar featurescrater, mare, maria, rille, mons
- Southern HemisphereAntarctica, Australia, South America, South Africa, New Zealand
- stellar anatomycore, corona, chromosphere, photosphere, sunspot
equatorial regionpolar region
Area near geographic extremes
Arctic · Antarctic · Arctic region · subarctic · temperate region
equatorial regiontundra
Frigid treeless biome
polar climate · ice caps · ice cap · frozen wasteland · glacial regions