At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes. the nearly equal hours of day and night is due to the refraction of sunlight or bending of lights Ray's that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of sun is below the horizon.
Both of them are the most important cities in their countries. They are capitals and cultural, demographic and industrial centres.
It states that rocks closer to the top are newest.
The winds go west in the south so the moisture from the ocean back into the ocean