Half land, but plenty of rainfall: the equatorial oceans boiled where they were shallow enough.
The capital Amonaris on a mountain slope near the equatorial ocean gave the impression of swarming with refugees.
An image of a silver globe, banded by an equatorial ocean, appeared in Helion's gauntlet.
The astounding stars of the equatorial ocean popped out.
The coast of the equatorial ocean, according to the map about 20 kilometres south of the Gazelle, had been shoved within 2 meters.
Mr. Bell's engines were drained while he was flying his spaceboat northwards over the equatorial ocean.
Port Venus was situated on a high and wide rocky plateau at the precipitous shores of the equatorial ocean.
Quite probably, at midsummer lakes and rivers there didn't simply dry up, they boiled; and the equatorial ocean became a biological fence.
Warming or cooling of the equatorial oceans has understandable consequences for atmospheric climate.
The equatorial oceans comprise a major portion of the overall heat budget and, therefore, alter convective regimes near the equator.