washed by the Gulf of Guinea Africa from the north-western part of Guinea coast, where the Cape Palmas and the south-east, which is located in the territory of Angola Cape Palmeyrinyash.Thus surface water boundaries as such it does not have.
Description
so happened that in this area of the World Ocean Line Ecuador intersects the zero meridian.So here starts the countdown all geographic landmarks on the planet.
territory of the Gulf of Guinea, which occupies an area of 1.533 million square kilometers, is divided into two smaller bay, wearing the name of Biafra and Benin.
water temperature
Due to the fact that the Gulf of Guinea is located in the curve of the shoreline on both sides of the equator, the temperature in its waters does not fall below 25 ° C, and this, in turn, makes it a truly tropical pond.
Among other things, here are the waters of several major rivers and bottom of the bay and has a submarine canyons and seamounts even.Beautiful seascape on his day came precisely because of the strong river currents.
on its territory, the Gulf of Guinea has a large number of islands - both small and fairly large, magnificent in appearance: the land of the mainland and islands, washed by the waves of the bay is beautiful and quaint.Here you can see the capes and bays, the shores mostly flat, sandy, and only in some places rocky.
Like any warm body of water, the Gulf of Guinea, the special climatic conditions on its shores and warm currents have created perfect conditions for the prosperity of the various members of the animal and plant world.
The forests in this land there are more than one hundred and fifty valuable trees, such as carnival and coconut palms, breadfruit and iron.
in water - brown and red algae, sometimes forming relatively large accumulations of phytoplankton and jellyfish.But their number is very small, if it's about the animal world of the bay.It is worth noting that it reaches a depth of 6363 meters, so the fauna took her almost every mark, changing the types and forms according to the conditions in which the proceeds of their livelihoods.
In the coastal zone there is a large number of clams, crabs, shrimp, crayfish, lobsters, sea stars, snakes and worms, as well as tropical fish, including volatile.Live a little deeper representatives of large fish, especially a lot of dolphins, stingrays and sharks, attracted by the opportunity to hunt for tuna - a welcome treat all predators.Away from this whirlwind visit Gulf of giant whales - sperm whales.
for visiting rights climate is very unusual.Although the day temperature reaches relatively low numbers, but every day the humidity is about 80%, which, together, create intolerable stuffiness and fertile ground for the existence of malarial mosquitoes.But the undoubted advantage is that fertile land is irrigated regularly, so several centuries ago on the coast of Guinea were the first coffee plantations and cocoa, which are still developing.
living conditions of the local population is also poor: the tap water is undrinkable because of the high probability of contracting hepatitis A, typhoid fever and yellow fever.The roads are broken and have little or no asphalt surface transport structure is very poorly developed, and air transport is too unreliable to be able to carry out long-distance flights and establish regular passenger traffic.
Deposits In 1984, the waters of the Gulf oil fields were discovered and later taken to the development of the whole oil and gas basin, where the oil on a regular basis at the same time extract a few states, including energy companies of the Russian Federation.
Famous Bay is depicted on coins
Perhaps few remember, but the sight of the Gulf of Guinea was also captured on the metal coins of various denominations of the Soviet Union.More precisely, the coins were minted on the back of the whole picture, including the globe with the continents, illuminated by sunlight, framed by ears, tied with a ribbon, a star at the top and bottom of the inscription of the USSR.
Who in the catalogs describing rare and valuable coins, as well as discussions and debates about the value of a numismatic collection of the time the Gulf of Guinea on the coins of the Soviet Union became one of the criteria for evaluating the rare instance.This takes into account the degree of its severity, the presence or absence of parallels in this field, clear outlines of the continents, as well as some other factors.Until now go controversy about whether it is necessary for the examination of all the coins to take into consideration the Gulf of Guinea, or it just confuses an expert in the performance of such hard work.
Conclusion
Paradoxically, on the Guinea coast, the image of which, by the way, is present on the currency not only of the former Soviet Union, and some other countries, more than half of the residents live below the poverty line.This is despite the huge deposits of minerals, natural gifts and growing with each passing year the number of tourists who want to see for myself the Gulf of Guinea - not only the "beginning of the world", but also a real paradise on the planet!
