Northern Hemisphere

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geographical region hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth lying north of the equator, containing most of the planet’s landmass, population, and many of its major continents and climate zones.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Hemisphere canonical	706
Northern hemisphere	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ hemisphere ⓘ
climateInfluencedBy	distribution of land and ocean ⓘ tilt of Earth's axis ⓘ
contains	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean most of Asia ⓘ northern Africa ⓘ part of Indian Ocean ⓘ parts of Oceania ⓘ parts of South America ⓘ polar zones ⓘ subarctic zones ⓘ temperate zones ⓘ tropics ⓘ
containsLine	Arctic Circle ⓘ Tropic of Cancer ⓘ
containsMajorCity	Beijing ⓘ Cairo ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Moscow ⓘ New York City ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
containsPoint	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: North Pole
definedBy	area north of the Equator ⓘ
experiencesEvent	December solstice around December 21–22 ⓘ June solstice around June 20–21 ⓘ March equinox around March 19–21 ⓘ September equinox around September 22–24 ⓘ
hasBoundary	Equator ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	contains majority of world population ⓘ contains most of Earth's land area ⓘ experiences opposite seasons to Southern Hemisphere ⓘ generally greater seasonal temperature contrasts over land than Southern Hemisphere ⓘ larger land-to-water ratio than Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
hasMaximumSolarInsolation	during June solstice ⓘ
hasMinimumSolarInsolation	during December solstice ⓘ
hasSeason	autumn from September to December (meteorological and astronomical conventions vary) ⓘ spring from March to June (meteorological and astronomical conventions vary) ⓘ summer from June to September (meteorological and astronomical conventions vary) ⓘ winter from December to March (meteorological and astronomical conventions vary) ⓘ
oceanCirculation	clockwise subtropical gyres ⓘ
partOf	Earth ⓘ
prevailingSurfaceWinds	trade winds in tropics ⓘ westerlies in mid-latitudes ⓘ

Referenced by (707)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Time Zone → hasPeakUsageInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

North America → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Giza → hasCoordinateRegion → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → hemispherePresence → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Equator → divides → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Equator → separates → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Europe → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Ulmus → nativeTo → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Eastern Mediterranean → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

golden eagle → nativeRange → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

South America → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Town of Keene, New York → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Asia → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Arctic region → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

North Africa → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Pleiades → bestSeenIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → hemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Hyades → visibleFrom → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

White Nights → occursInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

ChST → hemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

CET → usedInWinterInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

South Asia → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Aleutian Arc → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Canada West Coast → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Dededo → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Iberian Peninsula → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Red River County, Texas → isLocatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Pinaceae → distribution → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Eastern Europe → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Greater Antilles → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Eurasia → isPartOf → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Independence High School → hasCoordinateRegion → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

East Coast of the United States → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Arctic Circle → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Arctic Circle → hemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

European Russia → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

West Africa → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Northwest Passage → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Verkhoyansk Range → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

South American Plate → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Baffin Bay → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Elaeagnaceae → distribution → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Rosa → nativeTo → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Bay of Bengal → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

African Plate → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Americas → locatedInHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Northern Italy → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern hemisphere

Sea of Okhotsk → locatedIn → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Eastern European Summer Time → appliesToHemisphere → Northern Hemisphere ⓘ