Equatorial trench

The Equatorial trench was the wide trench than ran around the equator of the Galactic Empire's first and second Death Stars, separating their northern and southern hemispheres. It contained the battle stations' ion drive arrays and docking bays, and the other trenches ran parallel to it.Star Wars: Card Trader
==Legacy==
The planet Ilum under the rule of the Empire,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and later the First Order,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary also had a similarly surrounding equatorial trench, yet one of a larger size.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Battlefront II
*Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel 
*Lost Stars webcomic
*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
*Rogue One Adaptation 1
*Bounty Hunt
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*Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
*Star Wars Battlefront 
*The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure 
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*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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*Star Wars: Complete Locations
*Art of Coloring: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
*Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
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==Notes and references==
Category:Death Star II locations
Category:DS-1 Orbital Battle Station locations