Western Hemisphere
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The Western Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the 180th meridian, encompassing the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
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hemisphere of Earth ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
180th meridian
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Prime Meridian ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Americas ⓘ |
| contains |
Amazon River
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Andes ⓘ
surface form:
Andes Mountains
Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Greenwich Mean Time−offset time zones ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ
surface form:
Sahara Desert (western part)
Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| containsCountries |
Algeria
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surface form:
Algeria (western part)
Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Morocco (western part) ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom (western part) ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coordinateSystem | Earth longitude-latitude grid ⓘ |
| definedBy | longitudinal boundaries ⓘ |
| geodesicDefinition | all points on Earth with longitudes between 0°W/0°E and 180°W/180°E ⓘ |
| includes |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Greenland ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ parts of Antarctica ⓘ parts of Western Africa ⓘ parts of Western Europe ⓘ |
| liesEastOf | 180th meridian ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | Prime Meridian ⓘ |
| majorLandmasses |
Americas
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Greenland ⓘ western parts of Africa ⓘ western parts of Eurasia ⓘ |
| oppositeOf | Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| timeStandardReference | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cartography
ⓘ
geography ⓘ geopolitics ⓘ |
Referenced by (110)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
British Security Coordination
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation
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