Equatorial landforms and climate

The equator is a low-pressure area. The northeasterly and southeasterly trade winds blowing from both sides of the equator to the equator drive the seawater on the north and south sides of the equator to flow from east to west. The one to the north is called the North Equatorial Current, and the one to the south is called the South Equatorial Current. When the equatorial warm current reaches the west coast of the ocean, it is blocked by land. A small part of it turns back eastward to form an equatorial countercurrent; most of it is affected by the geostrophic deflection force and flows along the coast to higher latitudes, and is blown by westerly winds in mid-latitude areas. Forming a westerly drift. When they reach the east coast of the ocean, part of them turns to low latitudes along the west coast of the continent and becomes a compensating flow for the equatorial warm current; the other part turns to high latitudes along the west coast of the continent to form a polar circulation.

Planetary-level landforms passed by the equator: Pacific, South America, Atlantic, Africa, Indian Ocean

Mountains passed by the equator: Andes

Continents passed by the equator : African continent, South American continent; islands (archipelago): Batu Islands, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Halmahera, Maldives, Gilbert Islands, Line Islands

Climate zones that the equator passes through: tropical rainforest climate (tropical oceanic climate), savanna climate, highland climate

Weather systems active at the equator: two trade wind belts, equatorial westerly belts, Equatorial Convergence Zone, etc.

Rivers and lakes that pass through the equator: Africa: Congo River, Ogowe River, Juba River, Lake Victoria; South America: Amazon River; Asia: Capuas River

The seas that the equator passes through: Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Strait, Mentawai Strait, Makassar Strait, Tomini Bay, Maluku Sea, Halmahera Sea