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.

Ladonia, Texas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Lacon, Illinois locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Grafton, New Hampshire locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Dayton, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Benwood, West Virginia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Troy, New Hampshire locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cameron, West Virginia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Stoddard, New Hampshire locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Manzanillo locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Bottendorf, Thuringia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
San Buenaventura locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
La Grange, Missouri locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Les Augustins locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Fairfield locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Princes Town locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Javalambre ski resort locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Markazi Bihsud District locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Yuzhny Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Central Mongolia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
San Juan de Urabá locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Polar Circles locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Arctic Circle
Mill Creek, Pembroke locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Paget Parish, Bermuda locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Bok Island locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Prince of Wales Strait locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Neosho Rapids, Kansas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Soviet Union was Mongolia’s main political and economic partner locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Soviet Union
Tunapuna locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic Current locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
San Juan Nepomuceno locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Aniva Bay locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Arctic seas of Russia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
North Pacific subpolar gyre locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Arctic Mediterranean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Lawrence, New York locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Northwest Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Brat Chirpoev locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Nordaustlandet locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
M'Clintock Channel locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Saint-Marc locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Marshfield, Oregon locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
south-eastern Colombia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Saint Pierre Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Northwest Pacific Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere