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.

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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.

Northwestern Europe locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Moscow Aviation Institute locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
North-East Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Tabeguache Peak isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Prienai hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
West-Central Korea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Laurussia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Great Britain and Ireland locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland) locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Cap Vert
Jones Sound locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
America/New_York hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pole to Pole with Michael Palin setting Northern Hemisphere
Tysnes Municipality locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Ratmanov Island locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Kepez locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Buor-Khaya Gulf locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Simpson Strait locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Yana Bay locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Estelí Department locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Île aux Pigeons locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Hall Basin locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kennedy Channel locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kane Basin locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Rasoun locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Krokstadøra locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chaunskaya Bay locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Caucasus volcanic arc locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Western North America locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Canal Flats locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Nizki Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Western and Central Europe locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Dos Palos locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Torrey locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Torrey, New York
Prince Charles Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
eastern Alaska locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Rochester, Pennsylvania locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Livingston locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Livingston, California
Town of LaSalle locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pioneer Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Virgo constellation locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Virgo
Silver Creek, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Lower Taymyra River locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Leonard, Michigan locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Komsomolets Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Koko Seamount locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere