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.

Delmas locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Grand-Goâve locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Korea Bay locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Hengyang locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Anglet locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Bergby hasLatitudeHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chilton County isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Departamento de Meta locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Regulidae nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Athens, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Sittidae geographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere
Paroidea distribution Northern Hemisphere
Bombycilloidea distribution Northern Hemisphere
Little Ice Age geographicFocus Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
La Mesa, Cundinamarca locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Upland locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Friza Strait locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Baie-Comeau
Cinclidae geographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic fisheries locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Bay Shore, New York, United States locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Bay Shore, New York
Jurupa Valley locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Caquetá Department locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Petromyzontidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Yeongdo Channel isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Reynosa locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Rockland locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Rockland, Massachusetts
eastern Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Cuban archipelago hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Bombycillidae nativeRange Northern Hemisphere
Zigzag Glacier locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ablon-sur-Seine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Kingsville, Ontario locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean
Carduelinae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Central North America locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Astragalus nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
San José locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: San José, Caldas
Whitwell locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Artemisia nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
RSMC Montreal serviceArea Northern Hemisphere
Northwestern Pacific Ocean locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
British Isles maritime region locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
northern pike nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Castleton-on-Hudson, New York isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Bang Pakong River isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere