1 Day Birding Mabamba Lake Victoria Shoebill & Equator Tour

The Equator

Uganda is one of the few countries in the world where the imaginary line divides the earth into two half passes. The Equator crosses into Uganda at a point situated 72km south of Kampala along the Kampala – Masaka road. “The equator”, simply said it is the imaginary line that divides the earth in half, with the north on one side and the south on another. At the Uganda Equator you observe this by a line drawn in the middle of the lane, with a monument on both sides that state “Uganda Equator” other than the fact that you can stand on both sides of the Equator there is also the opportunity to see an experiment of how water drains straight down at the Equator. But the water will drain clockwise on the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise on the southern hemisphere. This is something very exciting to see.

Wouldn’t it be an exploration to stand with one foot in the southern hemisphere and one foot on the northern hemisphere of the world?

Did You Know? We bet we did not know that at the Equator:

• It is 3800ft above sea level
• You are revolving at 2409 miles around the globe at
  speed of 1040mph at the globe axis
• It is 9640km[6025 miles] from 00latitude to the North pole and the same distance to the south Pole
• It is 0,000 latitude
• Your body weight is less by 3%
• You dine and sleep at both hemisphere at the same time
• The days and nights are each 12hours
• Water drains clockwise north of 00Line, water drains anti-clockwise South of 00 line, water drains straight at 00 line.
• Water boils at less than 100c
• On 21st March and 23rd September you are shadow less at noon