I-equator ngumgca wokucinga olwahlula ngentla-ntla ye-hemisphere ukusuka kummandla wasezantsi kwaye ugijimla ngaphesheya kwinqanaba loMhlaba kwi-degrees nero degrees. E-Afrika, i-equator isebenza malunga neekhilomitha ezili-2 500 / i-4,020 kwikhilomitha ukuya kumazwe asixhenxe aseNtshona , aseMntla nakumaMpuma ase-Afrika ngasentshonalanga yeLwandle laseSahara. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uluhlu lwamanye amazwe aseAfrika aluxhaswa yi-equator alubandakanyi i- Equatorial Guinea .
Kunoko, zilandelayo: São Tomé kunye nePríncipe, eGabon, iRiphabhuliki yaseCongo, iDemokhrasi yaseCongo , i-Uganda, iKenya neSomalia.
Ukufumana i-Equator
Kwixesha elidlulileyo, kwakunokwenzeka ukuba abahambi abanamaqhinga ukuba balandele i-equator ngohambo lwabo ngeAfrika. Nangona kunjalo, umzila awusekho ukhuselekile, kunye namazwe amaninzi kumgca we-equatorial ochazwe yimfazwe yombutho, ugqirha, ubuhlwempu kunye nobugqirha. Umgca ocingayo uphelela kwezinye iimeko ezibi kakhulu emhlabeni-kuquka iindawo ezikude zaseCongo, iintaba ezixinzekileyo ezinogqabi zase-Uganda kunye namanzi angamazantsi echibi elikhulu e-Afrika, eLake Victoria. Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa ukuhamba ubude be-equator akusayi kucetyiswa, ukutyelela okungenani kanye ngamava aseAfrika angenakukhunjulwa.
Isikhundla se-equator sihambelana ngqo ne-axis ejikelezayo yomhlaba, ehamba kancane kwinqanaba lonyaka.
Ngako oko, i-equator ayinayo i-static - oko kuthetha ukuba umgca ogqityiweyo emhlabathini kumanqaku athile ase-equatorial akusoloko echanileyo. Nangona kunjalo, le ngcaciso yezobugcisa, kwaye aba makishi basesekufutshane kakhulu ukuba unokufikelela kwiziko loMhlaba. Bhatala naliphi na omnye wabo utyelele, kwaye uya kukwazi ukuthetha ukuba u-equator unamathele ngelinye ilanga kwinqanaba ngalinye.
Ama Marker e-Equatorial Afrika
Ngokuqhelekileyo, i-equator yaseAfrika ibhalwa ngaphandle kwemfesane. Ngokuqhelekileyo, uphawu olukulo lendlela luphawu olulodwa oluza kuba naloo ndawo ebonakalayo - ngoko kubalulekile ukuphanda apho umgca uhamba phambili ukwenzela ukuba ugcine iliso elilindileyo. E-Kenya, kukho iimpawu ezivakalisa i-equator kwiidolophana zasemaphandleni zaseNanyuki naseSiriba, ngelixa iimpawu ezifanayo zikhoyo kwiNdlela yaseMasala- Kampala e-Uganda kunye nomgwaqo wase- Libreville -Lambaréné eGabon.
Enye yeempawu ezimnandi kakhulu ze-equatorial e-Afrika yileli lizwe elincinane kunazo zonke, iSão Tomé nePríncipe. Isizwe esiqithi siqhankqalaza indawo yaso ye-equatorial kunye nesikhumbuzo samatye kunye nomkhenkco weplani yehlabathi e-Rolas Island encinci. Umgca ocingayo uphinde uqhubelele kwi-Meru National Park yaseKenya, kwaye ngelixa kungekho mqondiso, kukho inqobo ethile yokujonga umdlalo ngqo kwi-equator. Kwihotele e-Fairmont Mount i-Kenya Safari Club Irestyu, ungaluwela i-equator nje ngokuhamba ukusuka kwigumbi lakho ukuya kwindawo yokutyela.
Equatorial Phenomena
Ukuba uzifumanisa kwi-equator, thatha isikhashana ukuvavanya ambalwa amaqiniso anqabileyo kunye neengcamango ezinxulumene nokuma kumgca phakathi kwee-hemispheres.
Amandla okujikeleza kweplanethi adala ukugqithisa kumhlaba womhlaba kwi-equator, oko kuthetha ukuba uphuma kwiziko leMhlaba apha kunanoma ikuphi kwenye iplanethi. I-Gravity ke ibenzi ngaphantsi kombhobho wakho, ngokokuba kwi-equator, ulinganisa malunga ne-0.5% ngaphantsi kokuya kuPoles.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuba ukujikelezwa koMhlaba kunempembelelo kwinqanaba apho kuphuma khona amanzi-ukuze indlu yangasese iqhube ikhefu ngasenyakatho kunye nokungahambisani naso kwinqanaba lasezantsi. Lo mcimbi ubizwa ngokuba yi-Coriolis Impect kwaye kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba kwi-equator, amanzi ahamba ngokukhawuleza. Uninzi lwazinzulu luyavuma ukuba ngenxa yembalo ephakamileyo yezinto zangaphandle, oku akunakungqinisiswa naluphi na uchanekileyo lokwenene-kodwa kusakuhle ukuzihlolisisa.
Eli nqaku lihlaziywe kwaye libhalwa ngokubhaliweyo nguJessica Macdonald ngoNovemba 21 ka-2016.