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.

Cupressales nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Subtropical Countercurrent hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Proliv Soyya locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Alnitak visibleIn Northern Hemisphere
Cuba Daylight Time hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
CST (Cuba) hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pidurutalagala isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Trinidad locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Nile Delta hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Barnard's Loop visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
western Cuba locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Western Cuba
Nordenskiöld Archipelago locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Temperate Zone foundInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Leo visibleIn Northern Hemisphere
Canis Minor hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Acubens visibleIn Northern Hemisphere
Asellus Australis visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Beehive Cluster bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Praesepe bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
M44 bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Iota Cancrids hemisphereVisibility Northern Hemisphere
Greenfield, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Alpha Cancri hemisphereVisibility Northern Hemisphere
Messier 44 bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Colquitt County, Georgia isLocatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Alpha Tauri observedFrom Northern Hemisphere
HR 1457 visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Delta Cancri isVisibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Messier 67 visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere
Korsakov locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kara Strait locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Ursus habitat Northern Hemisphere
Molucca Sea locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Mount Nevskaya locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Iōjima locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Pisces Dwarf Galaxy isObservableFrom Northern Hemisphere
Barentsburg locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Wheatley isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Vidourle River isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Wasco isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Wasco, California
Ganthier locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Minerva, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Cherry Holm hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
Ursinae typicalHabitat Northern Hemisphere
East Sakhalin Current hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Midway Atoll locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Irminger Sea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
East African Coastal Current hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Carrefour locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere