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Q: What is the area south of the equator called?
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The area of calm at the equator is called?

The Doldrums are from the equator to about 10o north and south of it. The Doldrums should not be confused with the Horse Latitudes which are about 30o north and south of the equator.


What is the area below the equator to the south pole called?

The Southern Hemisphere.


Is South America (1) north of the equator (2) south of equator (3) both north and south of the equator?

The answer is (3). There is a small area of South America that is north of the Equator, the major part is south of the Equator.


Is the Mediterranean area North or south of the equator?

North of the Equator


What is the south equator called?

The areas south of the equator are known as the "southern hemisphere."


What is the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?

Areas north of the equator is called Northern Hemisphere and the area south of the equator is called Southern Hemisphere This answer was provided to you by: Yahoo Mail Service


Area immediately north and south of the equator?

The distance between the poles and the equator is exactly 10,000 kilometers. That is equal to about 6,250 miles. The earth is 40,000 in circumference or 25,000 miles.


Is most of South America north or south of the equater?

Most of South America is south of the equator.South of the equator


Where are the monsoons located?

10 to 15 degrees North and South of the Equator 10 to 15 degrees North and South of the Equator


What is the area around the equator where trade winds meet called?

The area around the equator where trade winds meet are called


The equator is equally far from the north and the south?

TRUE That is why its called equator: equal


What windless area is near the equator?

It's an area in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans called the "Doldrums." It is a low pressure area along the equator caused when all the hot air along the equator rises very high and flows North or South. Eventually it comes back down in the horse latitudes, about 30 to 36 degrees North and South of the equator.Also, if you wanna know what is just the "area near the equator" alone, it is the tropical zone.