the equator runs through the northern part of the continent of africa.
the equator runs through the northern part of the continent of africa.
the equator runs through the northern part of the continent of?
africa
the unseen underlying rocks of bowerchalke started to form in shallow seas surrounding volcanic islands up to 1,000 million years ago (proterozoic), about 60-70 degrees south of the equator, the latitude of present-day argentina. 'proto-bowerchalke' and the rest of england and wales are part of avalonia, a micro-continent that broke away from the southern landmass, and was 50 degrees south of the equator about 500 mya. it joined with baltica just south of the equator 400 mya, and was crushed between baltica, and laurasia (north america), and gondwanaland (africa, australia, antarctica and south america) 350 mya whilst near the equator (variscan orogeny). avalonia was landlocked and buffeted within pangaea just north of the equator 270 mya, and became part of a desert in the northern tropics 230 mya. eventually it formed the west coast of eurasia as america split away to form the atlantic ocean 120 mya. bowerchalke then laid under warm chalk forming seas until being uplifted 70 mya as africa started to collide with the european plate in the (alpine orogeny), and in the cooler shallow water river clay sediments capped the chalk. in the last million years the periglacial weathering has completely removed several hundred feet of chalk.
bowerchalke
owing to africa's position across equatorial and subtropical latitudes in both the northern and southern hemisphere, several different climate types can be found within it. the continent mainly lies within the intertropical zone between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn, hence its interesting density of humidity. precipitation intensity is always high, and it is a hot continent. warm and hot climates prevail all over africa, but the northern part is that most marked by aridity and high temperatures. only the northernmost and the southernmost fringes of the continent have a mediterranean climate. the equator runs through the middle of africa, as do the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn, making africa the most tropical continent.
climate of africa