Northern Hemisphere

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Hemisphere canonical 706
Northern hemisphere 1

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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

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

Miyazya hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Barents Sea coast locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Miller County, Georgia isLocatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Arctic Ocean seafloor locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Frimaire occursInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Whigham, Georgia isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Fedje Municipality locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
San Juan, Texas isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Humnoke, Arkansas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Brocton, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Repvåg locatedInNorthernHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ranunculus nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Caltha distribution Northern Hemisphere
Isopyrum nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Bowhead whale distribution Northern Hemisphere
Ettahrir hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Grazettes, Barbados locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Campanian Archipelago locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Capnoides distribution Northern Hemisphere
Delphinium nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Brittons Hill, Barbados locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Barlavento (windward) islands locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Barlavento Islands
America/Toronto geographicalHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
City of Gardena isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
King William Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Myrmica distribution Northern Hemisphere
Donley County locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Faddeyevsky Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Natata locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Branchiobdellida distribution Northern Hemisphere
Farmingdale, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
NGC 2403 visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cessy hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
Agua Volcano locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
GMOS-N (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph North) hemisphereCoverage Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: GMOS-N
Trinity, North Carolina isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Windsor Heights, Iowa locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Stauromedusae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Dove Bay region locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Mount Edith Cavell isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Central Belize locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Europe/Warsaw hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Plesetsk locatedInNorthernHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Arctic desert locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Bellerive Gardens Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Bellerive Gardens Cemetery
Hypomesus distribution Northern Hemisphere
Osmeridae geographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere
Osmeriformes typicalGeographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere
Zułowo coordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere