Equator ndi mzere wongoganizira womwe umalekanitsa kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi kuchokera kummwera kwa dziko lapansi ndipo umayenderera kudutsa pakati pa Dziko lapansi pamtunda wa madigirii a zero. Ku Africa, equator imayenda makilomita pafupifupi 2,500 / 4,020 kudutsa madera asanu ndi awiri aku West , Central ndi East Africa kumwera kwa chipululu cha Sahara. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, mndandanda wa mayiko a ku Africa omwe amachitikitsidwa ndi equator sichiphatikizapo Equatorial Guinea .
M'malo mwake, ndi awa: São Tomé ndi Príncipe, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Uganda, Kenya ndi Somalia.
Kuwona Equator
M'mbuyomu, zinali zotheka kuti oyenda olimba mtima atsatire equator paulendo wawo kudutsa ku Africa. Komabe, njirayi siilinso yotetezeka, ndi mayiko angapo omwe ali pamtsinje wa nkhondo, uchigawenga, umphawi wadzaoneni komanso chiwawa. Mzere woganizirawo umadutsa m'madera ena ovuta kwambiri padziko lapansi - kuphatikizapo nkhalango zakutali za Congo, mapiri a Uganda ndi mapiri a nyanja yaikulu kwambiri ku Africa, Lake Victoria. Komabe, poyenda kutalika kwa equator sikukwanilanso, kuyendera kamodzi kamodzi ndichitetezo chosadziwika cha ku Africa.
Malo a equator akugwirizana kwambiri ndi zomwe dziko lapansi likuzungulira, zomwe zimayenda pang'ono panthawi yonse ya chaka.
Chifukwa chake, equator si static - zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mzere wochokera pansi pa zolemba zina sizolondola nthawi zonse. Komabe, izi ndizomwe zimapangidwira, ndipo zizindikirozi ndizoyandikira kwambiri kuti mukhoza kufika pakatikati pa Dziko lapansi. Perekani iliyonse ya maulendo awo, ndipo mutha kunena kuti mwagwedeza equator ndi phazi limodzi mumtunda uliwonse.
Africa Equatorial Markers
Kawirikawiri, equator ya Africa imatchulidwa popanda zipolowe zambiri. Kawirikawiri, chizindikiro pambali mwa msewu ndicho chizindikiro chokha chomwe mungakhale nacho malo anu opambana - choncho ndikofunika kufufuza kumene mzere ulipo pasadakhale kuti muthe kuyang'anitsitsa maso. Ku Kenya, pali zizindikiro zomwe zimalengeza ku equator m'matawuni akumidzi a Nanyuki ndi Siriba, pomwe zizindikiro zomwezo zimapezeka pamsewu wa Masala Kampala ku Uganda, komanso msewu wa Libreville -Lambarene ku Gabon.
Chimodzi mwa maonekedwe okongola kwambiri ku Africa ndi dziko lake laling'ono kwambiri, São Tomé ndi Príncipe. Mtundu wa pachilumba umachita chikondwerero chake ndi chipilala chamwala ndi mapeto a mapu a dziko lapansi omwe ali pazilumba za Rolas. Mzere woganizirawu umadutsanso ku National Meru National Park, ndipo pamene palibe chizindikiro, pali chidziwitso china chowonetsera masewera pamwamba pa equator. Ku hotela yotchuka Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Resort, mukhoza kuwoloka equator mwa kuyenda kuchokera chipinda chanu kupita ku restaurant.
Phenomena yofanana
Ngati mumadzipeza nokha pa equator, tengani kamphindi kuti muyese zochepa zozizwitsa ndi zokhudzana zokhudzana ndi kuima pa mzere pakati pa onse awiri.
Kuzungulira kwa dziko lapansi kumapangitsa kuti dziko lapansi likhale lamtunda pa equator, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti iwe ukuchokera ku Padziko lapansi kuno kusiyana ndi malo ena onse padziko lapansi. Choncho mphamvu yokoka imakhala ndi zochepa zochepa thupi lanu, kotero kuti pa equator mumayesa pafupifupi 0,5% poyerekeza ndi momwe mungagwiritsire ntchito Poles.
Ena amakhulupirira kuti kusinthasintha kwa dziko lapansi kumakhudza njira yomwe madzi akutsanulira - kuti chimbudzi chimangoyenda mozungulira kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi komanso mozungulira kumwera kwa dziko lapansi. Chodabwitsa ichi chimadziwika ndi zotsatira za Coriolis ndipo chiyenera kulamula kuti ku equator, madzi akuyenda molunjika. Asayansi ambiri amavomereza kuti chifukwa cha chiwerengero chachikulu cha zinthu zakunja, izi sizikhoza kutsimikiziridwa ndi zolondola zenizeni - koma ndizosangalatsa kuti mudziwe nokha.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa 21 Novemba 2016.