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.

Aliases (1)

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 → North Atlantic Ocean → 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 → Moscow → New York City → Tokyo →
containsPoint	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 (159)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
African Plate → Afro-Eurasian desert belt → Aleutian Arc → Amerasian Basin → Antilles → Apothecary Garden → Arabian Plate → Arctic Circle → Arctic drainage basin → Arctic region → Bay of Bengal → Central Africa → Central Anatolia Region → East Siberian Sea → Eastern Europe → Eastern Mediterranean → Eurasian Basin → European Russia → Great Britain → Greater Antilles → Greenland and Svalbard → Gulf of Maine → Iberian Peninsula → Iceland Sea → Indochinese Peninsula → Labrador Sea → Laptev Sea → Lucayan Archipelago → Metropolitan France → North Africa → North Asia → North Atlantic area → Northeast Africa → Northern Canada → Northern Italy ("Northern hemisphere") → Northern Japan → Northern Pacific → Northern Pacific Ocean → Northern Russia → Northwest Africa → Northwest Passage → Norwegian Sea → Palearctic realm → Scandinavia → Schroon, New York → Sea of Okhotsk → South American Plate → South Asia → South-Central Asia → Strait of Dover → Svalbard → Town of Keene, New York → Tropic of Cancer → West Africa → Western Mediterranean → eastern North Pacific Ocean → western Pacific Ocean →	locatedIn
Americas → Asia → Baffin Bay → Bight of Benin → Canada West Coast → Choloma → Columbia City, Oregon → Dededo → Dixfield, Maine → East Coast of the United States → Europe → Fashn → Franklin County, New York → Golden Horseshoe → Gulf of Panama → Libyan Sea → Malabo → New Hyde Park, New York → North America → Samara Oblast → South America → Southwestern Europe → Spring Garden → Valcartier, Quebec → Verkhoyansk Range → Volga Delta → Wood Village, Oregon →	locatedInHemisphere
America/Winnipeg → Arctic Circle → Beaufort Gyre → Bolam Glacier → ChST → Gemini North Observatory → Greater Havana → Irish Standard Time → Kuroshio Extension → Melville Bay → North Atlantic Equatorial Current → North Atlantic subtropical gyre → North Pacific Current → North Pacific Gyre → Pacific Time → Pyongyang → Tropic of Cancer → Yucatán Basin → Yukon Time Zone →	hemisphere
Celtis → Frangula → Juniperus → Juniperus communis → Potentilla → Rosa → Taxaceae → Ulmus →	nativeTo
Acipenseriformes → Elaeagnaceae → Fagaceae → Fumariaceae → Marmotini → Pinaceae → Salmoniformes →	distribution
Chavaniac-Lafayette → Cove Gap, Pennsylvania → Giza → Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial → Independence High School →	hasCoordinateRegion
Mount Fumaiolo → Sierra de la Victoria → Tordoki Yani → Wilmington, Massachusetts →	isInHemisphere
Larix → Picea → Pinus → golden eagle →	nativeRange
M45 → Pleiades →	bestSeenIn
Pendleton, New York → Serebryanye Prudy →	locatedInNorthernHemisphere
Alaska Daylight Time → Israel Daylight Time →	observedInHemisphere
Western European Summer Time → YAKST →	usedInHemisphere
Eastern European Summer Time →	appliesToHemisphere
CST →	belongsToHemisphere
Palacio de Justicia Alfonso Reyes Echandía →	coordinatesRegion
Equator →	divides
Parietaria →	foundInHemisphere
8.2 kiloyear event →	geographicExtent
Eastern Time Zone →	hasPeakUsageInHemisphere
Pacific Ocean →	hemispherePresence
Red River County, Texas →	isLocatedInHemisphere
Eurasia →	isPartOf
M13 →	isVisibleFrom
America/Belize →	latitudeApproxCategory
White Nights →	occursInHemisphere
France national rugby union team →	region
Equator →	separates
Gadidae →	typicalDistribution
Cuba Standard Time →	typicalHemisphere
CET →	usedInWinterInHemisphere
Hyades →	visibleFrom
Midnight Sun →	visibleInHemisphere