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In geography and cartography, the hemispheres of Earth refer to any division of the globe into two hemispheres (from Ancient Greek ??????????? h?misphairion, meaning "half of a sphere").

The most common such divisions are by latitudinal or longitudinal markers:

  • North-South
    • Northern Hemisphere, the half that lies north of the Equator
    • Southern Hemisphere, the half that lies south of the Equator
  • East-West
    • Eastern Hemisphere, the half that lies east of the prime meridian and west of the 180th meridian
    • Western Hemisphere, the half that lies west of the prime meridian and east of the 180th meridian

The East-West division can also be seen in a cultural sense, as a division into two cultural hemispheres.

However, other schemes have sought to divide the planet in a way that maximizes the preponderance of one geographic feature or another in each division:

  • Land-Water
    • Land Hemisphere, the hemisphere on Earth containing the largest possible area of land
    • Water Hemisphere, the hemisphere on Earth containing the largest area of water

The Earth may also be split into hemispheres of day and night by the terrestrial terminator.


Video Hemispheres of Earth



See also

  • East-West dichotomy
  • North-South divide

Maps Hemispheres of Earth



References


Hemispheres of the Earth - YouTube
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External links

Media related to Earth's hemispheres at Wikimedia Commons

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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