The 7th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 7 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.
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7th parallel south
Part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola is defined by the parallel.[1]
It is the most populous parallel south of the Equator, being home to between 86.1 million and 99.8 million people as of 2019.[2]
Around the world
editStarting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 7° south passes through:[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 489–514.
- ^ "World Population Distribution by Latitude and Longitude". Engaging Data. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-08-05.