Why are horse latitudes also known as divergence zones?

Answer 1

They are between 30 and 35 degrees both North and South of the Equator. An area of High Pressure that received little rain and are warm

Answer 2

The "horse latitudes" are two high-pressure belts characterized by low winds, at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Dreaded by early sailors, these areas have undependable winds with long periods of calm. In the Northern Hemisphere, particularly near Bermuda, ships sailing to the New World (the Americas) were often stalled.

There are 2 competing theories for the etymology:

1) When Spanish conquistadors were caught in the horse latitudes (or doldrums) where there is next to no wind, they became very desperate as supplies grew short. Because they could not afford to water their horses, they would throw them overboard.

2) When sailing from Europe, those latitudes were reached at about the same time that the crews had worked off their "dead horse" time -- a duty period for which they had been paid in advance of sailing. In the horse latitudes, they would again be working toward future pay.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Etymologists have never determined the origin of this phrase.
Believe it or not the phrase came from financially broke sailors.

Answer 5

a long time ago when food and water was scarce on a ship, they would throw anything overboard that required a lot of food and water... including horses.

Answer 6

sailor got problem as there was to much weight-----they desided to threw the horses from their ship.....and it was 30 degree north latitude, in the ocean. that is why...