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.

8.2 kiloyear event geographicExtent Northern Hemisphere
Wilmington isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Wilmington, Massachusetts
America/Winnipeg hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
America/Belize latitudeApproxCategory Northern Hemisphere
CST belongsToHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic Equatorial Current hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Frangula nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Northern Russia locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Bolam Glacier hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Wintun Glacier isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Branta nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Gernika-Lumo hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
Anadyr Time isObservedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Brades locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Rosette Nebula bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere
Milwaukie isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Double Cluster isVisibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Open cluster M11 bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere
Open cluster M25 bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
M32 visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Nares Strait isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Messier 17 observableFrom Northern Hemisphere
Marion County, Kentucky locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic inhabit Northern Hemisphere
Ilhéu das Rolas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kotelny Island (southern shores) hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Mountain Daylight Time observedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
NGC 224 visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Melotte 22 bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Praça da Figueira hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
C/1996 B2 wasVisibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
NGC 1499 (California Nebula) visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: NGC 1499
North America Nebula bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere
Greenbush, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Point Barrow locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Passadumkeag, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Yates County, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Gulf of Urabá locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Omega Nebula visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Cupressus nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Cochrane District locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Year Without a Summer hasLocation Northern Hemisphere
Palomar Observatory hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Messier 8 isVisibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
St. Johnsbury, Vermont locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
northern gannet distributionHemisphere Northern Hemisphere