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.

Yamal Peninsula locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Northeastern North America locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Duffer Peak isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pashons hemisphereContext Northern Hemisphere
Paoni hemisphereContext Northern Hemisphere
Cerro de la Laguna isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Salmonidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Esociformes distribution Northern Hemisphere
Province of Prato locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Leuciscidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Fort Fairfield, Maine locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Autumn internationals primaryRegion Northern Hemisphere
India Plate locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
South Central Europe locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Messier 16 visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pleuronectidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Miramichi isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Riaba locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Santpedor hasCoordinateRegion Northern Hemisphere
Little Abaco locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
IRDT observedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ladd Glacier locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Benafim locatedOnHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
arrondissement of Bayonne locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Quebec–Labrador Peninsula region locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Gadus distribution Northern Hemisphere
Sharon, Vermont, United States locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Sharon, Vermont
bear geographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere
Cottidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Agonidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Cottoidei distribution Northern Hemisphere
Gasterosteoidei distribution Northern Hemisphere
municipality of Hønefoss locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Gulf of Squillace locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Motovsky Gulf locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Alpha Capricornids hemisphereVisibility Northern Hemisphere
Les Bouchères locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chi Capricornids hemisphereVisibility Northern Hemisphere
Grand Ridge, Illinois isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Acipenser distribution Northern Hemisphere
Allyn locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Northern Trek hasGeneralRegionFocus Northern Hemisphere
Mitad del Mundo monument region Northern Hemisphere
East Sister Island locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
northern pintail distribution Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: Northern pintail
Jefferson County locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Consolacion locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere