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.

M45 bestSeenIn Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic area locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Western European Summer Time usedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Wood Village, Oregon locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
East Siberian Sea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Laptev Sea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Celtis nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Juniperus communis nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Norwegian Sea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Arctic drainage basin locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Gulf of Maine locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Central Africa locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Golden Horseshoe locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kuroshio Extension hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Pacific Gyre hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Pacific Current hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Asia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Cuba Standard Time typicalHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Juniperus nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Alaska Daylight Time observedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pyongyang hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Yukon Time Zone hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Metropolitan France locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Strait of Dover locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Svalbard locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Greenland and Svalbard locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Eurasian Basin locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Greater Havana hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Western Mediterranean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Lucayan Archipelago locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Irish Standard Time hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
western Pacific Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Israel Daylight Time observedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Labrador Sea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Marmotini distribution Northern Hemisphere
Sierra de la Victoria isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pinus nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Larix nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Salmoniformes distribution Northern Hemisphere
Gulf of Panama locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Picea nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Dixfield, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Valcartier, Quebec locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Schroon, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Northern Pacific locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Acipenseriformes distribution Northern Hemisphere
PT hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Pacific Time
Volga Delta locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere