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Alex787 [66]
4 years ago
8

Why doesn’t the equator follow a straight line

Geography
1 answer:
Yuki888 [10]4 years ago
3 0
Because the earth is a globe and has rounded sides, it couldnt be a straight line it'd always have to be rounded to fit the curvature 
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