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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Referenced by (707)

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

Sari, Turkey locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Sarı, Turkey
Morinville locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Grub am Forst locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ewarton locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Djelfa Province locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Moody County locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Makri locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kwakwani locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Lake Khanka locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Calais, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ras Spartel locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Municipality of Centro locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
World Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Monroe, New Hampshire locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Coats Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Schmidt Island locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Moyen-Ogooué Province locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Northwestern Pacific locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Lagonglong locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Leon, Oklahoma locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
South Slope locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Belle Isle locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Comino Islands group locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Celoron, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Rochechinard locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Middle Sister Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Relizane locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Konispol Municipality locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Beauharnois locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Baie-Mahault locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Andover, Kansas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
civil parish of Vila Nova locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Vieille Case locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Irvine, Kentucky locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kenner city locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Kenner
North Atlantic coastal zone locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
North High Shoals, Georgia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Zefta locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Haileybury, Ontario locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Beauport borough locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Gravdal locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Nikaho locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
northeastern Iceland locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Northeastern Iceland
Ellsworth locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Ellsworth, Michigan
Arambala locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic High locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Sicilian Apennines locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
northern Mongolia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Northern Mongolia
Fenner locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere