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.

Cape Krilon locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Autaugaville locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Muhos locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Nam-gu, Busan locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chorfa locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Médéa Province locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Tabarre locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Tiburon locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Port-Salut Arrondissement locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Iraca Valley locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Baker Bay locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Miluo locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kemper County, Mississippi locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Coyuca de Benítez locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Côteaux locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Perth, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Valle de Aburrá locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Taşkent, Konya, Turkey locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Head Harbour Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Litchfield, New Hampshire locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chapelle-Chambertin locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Dunbar, West Virginia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Happy Valley locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Flint Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Southern Britain locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Fosca locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Une locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
England, United Kingdom locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: England
Ria da Coruña locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Washington County locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Washington County, Vermont
San Miguel River locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Makanrushi locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Igitkin Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Zapotlán de Juárez locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cleveland, North Carolina locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Faraskur locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Belén de Umbría locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Rivière à la Baleine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Northeast Asia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Khatanga Gulf locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
East Alton, Illinois locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Eastern North America locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Baydaratskaya Bay locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Mortágua Municipality locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Ontario–Ohio border locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Tondela Municipality locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Kfarhata locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere