The line joining the places where the magnetic needle becomes horizontal is called___.

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If a magnetic needle is suspended such that it is free to rotate in the vertical plane and is taken around the earth through its geographic poles then at two places magnetic needle becomes parallel to earth surface i.e. it becomes horizontal and the line joining these places is called earth's magnetic equator.

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