The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
赤道は地球を二つの半球に分ける。
The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
その船は昨日赤道を越えた。
That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
その国の首都は赤道下にある。
The capital of the state is right on the equator.
オーストラリアへの旅で初めて赤道を超えた。
I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.