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Equatorial landform climate

The equator is a low-pressure area, and the northeast trade winds and southeast trade winds blowing from both sides of the equator drive the seawater on both sides of the equator to flow from east to west. It is called the North Equatorial Warm Current in the north and the South Equatorial Warm Current in the south. When the equatorial warm current reaches the west coast of the ocean, it is blocked by the land, and a small part of it turns eastward, forming an equatorial countercurrent; Most of them flow to higher latitudes along the coast under the action of geostrophic bias, and the west wind drift is formed by westerly winds in the middle latitudes. When it reaches the east coast of the ocean, part of it turns to the low latitude of the west coast of the mainland and becomes the compensation current of the equatorial warm current; The other part bends to high latitudes along the west coast of the mainland, forming a polar circulation.

Planetary landforms passing through the equator: Pacific Ocean, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Indian Ocean.

A mountain range across the equator: the Andes.

Continents crossing the equator: Africa and South America; Islands: Batu, Sumatra, kalimantan island, Sulawesi, Hera, Haarma, Maldives, gilbert islands and Lane Islands.

Climatic zones crossed by the equator: tropical rain forest climate (tropical maritime climate), tropical grassland climate and plateau climate.

Weather systems active in the equator: two trade winds, equatorial westerly belt, equatorial convergence belt, etc.

Rivers and lakes crossed by the equator: Africa: Congo River, mr guowei River, Juba River and Lake Victoria; South America: Amazon River; Asia: Capuas River

Sea areas crossed by the equator: Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Strait, Mindanao Strait, makassar strait, Tomini Bay, Maluku Sea and Hamahira Sea.