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all you need to know about the equator
Jamie Malanowski
February 20, 1998
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February 20, 1998

All You Need To Know About The Equator

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It has been estimated that 32% of the world's terrestrial mammals, 50% of its flowering plants and 70% of its leaf beetles are Borneo—and can found nowhere else on the plant

Piracy has been prominent in the Straits of Molucca since the sixth century. Today, more than half of the world's attacks by pirates occur in Southeast Asian waters. Among their booty: electronics, motorcycles, beer

The Year of living Dangerously

PACIFIC OCEAN
You can set foot on roughly 5,000 miles (20%) of the equator's 24,902 miles. The Pacific alone accounts for 11,000 miles of water along the equator

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Gal�pagos Is.
Ecuador
Colombia
Brazil

INDIAN OCEAN

Moluccas
Celebes
Borneo
Sumatra
Maldives
Somalia
Kenya
Uganda
Congo
Congo Republic
Gabon

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