I-equator ngumugqa ongacabangi ohlukanisa enyakatho ye-hemisphere ukusuka eningizimu yezwe futhi ugijima ngaphesheya kweMhlaba nge-latitude yezinga elilodwa. E-Afrika, i-equator igijima ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-2 500 / 4,020 ukuya emazweni ayisikhombisa aseNtshonalanga , aseMpumalanga naseMpumalanga Afrika eningizimu yehlane laseSahara. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uhlu lwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika alunywe yi-equator alubandakanyi i- Equatorial Guinea .
Esikhundleni salokho, zilandelayo: São Tomé nasePríncipe, eGabon, Republic of Congo, iDemocratic Republic of the Congo , Uganda, Kenya naseSomalia.
Uhlangabezana ne-Equator
Esikhathini esidlule, kwakungenzeka ukuba abahambi abangenasibindi balandele i-equator endleleni yabo e-Afrika. Kodwa-ke, umzila awusekho ephephile, ngamazwe amaningana elayini elilinganayo elibhekene nempi yombango, ubuphekula, ukuhlukumeza ubumpofu kanye nobuhlanga. Umzila ongacabangi ubuye uhambe kwezinye izindawo ezimbi kunazo zonke emhlabeni - kuhlanganise nezintaba ezikude zaseCongo, izintaba ezigagasi zase-Uganda kanye namanzi ajulile echibi elikhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika, eLake Victoria. Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi uhamba ubude be-equator akusaseluleki, ukuvakashela okungenani kanye nakho okuhlangenwe nakho okungenakuthenjwa kwe-Afrika.
Isikhundla se-equator sihlobene ngokuqondile ne-axis ejikelezayo yomhlaba, ehamba kancane kancane phakathi nonyaka.
Ngakho-ke, i-equator ayiyona i-static - okusho ukuthi umugqa odwetshiwe emhlabathini kwezinye izimpawu ze-equatorial awuhlali njalo unembile ngokuphelele. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuyimininingwane yobuchwepheshe, futhi lezi zimakethe zisesondelene kakhulu nokuthi ungakwazi ukufinyelela enkabeni yoMhlaba. Khokha noma yikuphi ukuvakashelwa, futhi uzokwazi ukusho ukuthi ugibele i-equator ngonyawo olulodwa endaweni ngayinye.
Amakhamera ase-Equatorial ase-Afrika
Ngokuvamile, i-equator yase-Afrika ikhonjiswe ngaphandle kwempi. Ngokuvamile, isibonakaliso eceleni komgwaqo kuyisibonakaliso kuphela sokuthi uzoba nendawo yakho ephawulekayo - ngakho kubalulekile ukucwaninga lapho umugqa kusengaphambili ukuze ukwazi ukugcina iso elibukhali. E-Kenya, kunezibonakaliso ezimemezela i-equator emadolobheni aseNantuki naseSiriba, kanti izimpawu ezifanayo zikhona emgwaqweni waseMasala- Kampala e-Uganda, nomgwaqo we- Libreville -Lambaréné eGabon.
Enye yezimpawu ezinhle kakhulu ze-equatorial e-Afrika yileli zwe elincane kunazo zonke, eSão Tomé nasePríncipe. Isizwe esiyisiqhingi sigubha indawo yaso equator kanye nesikhumbuzo setshe kanye nesiphepho sebalazwe lomhlaba elisendaweni encane eRolas Island. Umzila ongacabangi ubuye ugijimise iMeru National Park yaseKenya, kanti ngenkathi kungekho marker, kunomqondo othize wokubukwa kwemidlalo ngqo phezulu kwe-equator. Ehhotela elinethezeka leFairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Resort, ungakwazi ukuwela i-equator nje ngokuhamba ukusuka ekamelweni lakho kuya endaweni yokudlela.
I-Equatorial Phenomena
Uma uzithola e-equator, thatha umzuzwana ukuhlola ambalwa amaqiniso amangazayo namakhophi axhumene nokuma emgqeni phakathi kokubili ama-hemispheres.
Amandla okujikeleza kweplanethi abangela ukuphakama komhlaba endaweni ye-equator, okusho ukuthi usuke usuka emkhathini womhlaba lapha kunanoma yikuphi okunye emhlabeni. Ngakho-ke amandla amancane anesibalo esincane emzimbeni wakho, kangangokuthi e-equator, ulinganisa cishe u-0.5% ngaphansi kwalapho ungathanda khona ePoles.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi ukujikeleza komhlaba kunomthelela ekuqondeni lapho amanzi egeleza khona - ukuze indlu yangasese iqhume ngasenyakatho ngasenyakatho nezwe langasenyakatho. Lesi simo siyaziwa njenge-Coriolis Effect futhi kufanele sitshele ukuthi e-equator, amanzi ageleza ngqo phansi. Iningi ososayensi liyavuma ukuthi ngenxa yezinombolo eziphezulu zezinto zangaphandle, lokhu akukwazi ukufakazelwa nganoma yikuphi ukunemba kwangempela - kodwa kusamnandi ukukuzihlola.
Le ngqungquthela ibuyekeziwe futhi iphinde ibhalwe ngokuyingxenye yiJessica Macdonald ngoNovemba 21 ka 2016.