| 1. | Many rivers carry silt toward the equator .
许多河流带着泥沙流向赤道。
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| 2. | The united states is north of the equator .
美国位于赤道以北。
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| 3. | The african continent spans the equator .
非洲大陆横跨赤道。
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| 4. | It forms a right angle with the equator .
它与赤道成直角。
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| 5. | The equator is a great circle midway between the north and south poles .
赤道圈是一个位于南北极当中的大圆周。
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| 6. | North of the equator about 61 percent of the surface is covered by water .
赤道以北，大约百分之六十一的表面为水所盖。
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| 7. | Terrestrial latitude is measured in degrees north or south from the equator .
地球纬度是从赤道向南或向北以度数来表示。
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| 8. | The ridge lies farther from the equator in july than in either april or october .
此高压脊与赤道的距离在七月份比四月和十月份远。
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| 9. | The other point of intersection of equator and the ecliptic is called the autumnal equinox .
赤道和黄道的另一个相交点叫作秋分点。
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| 10. | As a result the earth bulges slightly at the equator and is slightly flattened at the poles .
结果，地球在赤道上微微凸出，而在两极微微扁平。
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