Why are the areas in the equator not as hot and dry as deserts even though they’re closer to the sun?
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The sun is 93,000,000 miles from Earth (more or less) and the Earth is 7,900 miles in diameter. There’s no real difference in distance from the Sun to any given spot on the Earth. In other words, distance to the sun has nothing to do with why equatorial regions tend to be hot and arctic regions tend to be cool (and temperate regions somewhere in between). It’s the apparent angle of the sun’s incoming rays and global and local weather patterns that cause temperature differences among the various regions of the Earth. Local geography and ocean currents can exert a greater influence than latitude.
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