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.

Qaanaaq locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Coventry, Rhode Island isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Chilkat Peninsula locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Yakutsk region hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Lagenorhynchus distribution Northern Hemisphere
Corder, Missouri hasLatitudeHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Thunder Cape isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Welcome Islands locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Transpolar Drift Stream locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Town of Niskayuna isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Eurasian continental margin locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Mędralowa isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Juglandaceae nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Myricaceae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Quercus nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Castanea nativeTo Northern Hemisphere
Alcidae distribution Northern Hemisphere
Port Alexander locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Calapooia River basin locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Sennevika locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Airok locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
La Grange, North Carolina, United States locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
subject surface form: La Grange, North Carolina
31st parallel north locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
31st parallel north hasHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Keystone, West Virginia locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Les Mureaux locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Pugachyov isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Teton Glacier hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Eastern Philippines locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Stony Hill locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Loen locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Stanovoy Highlands locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Qus locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Western Crimea locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Northwestern North America locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Edwards, Mississippi locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
southern Berlin locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Ocar locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Georgetown locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Concerviano locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Corinthian Gulf locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Altavista, Virginia isInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Klucze locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Newark, New York locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Särna locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Hokuriku region locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Sotavento Islands locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Messa locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere