Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

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The Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere are the two halves of Earth divided by the equator, each with distinct seasonal patterns, climate systems, and land–ocean distributions that influence global weather and atmospheric circulation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hemisphere of Earth ⓘ
boundedBy Equator ⓘ
Equator ⓘ
contains North Pole ⓘ
South Pole ⓘ
coordinateSystemRole definesNorthernLatitudes ⓘ
definesSouthernLatitudes ⓘ
experiences auroraAustralis ⓘ
linked to: aurora australis

auroraBorealis ⓘ
linked to: Aurora Borealis
hasCharacteristic strongMonsoonSystems ⓘ
strongOceanicStormTracks ⓘ
hasClimateFeature largeContinentalClimateZones ⓘ
moreMaritimeClimateInfluence ⓘ
hasDominantWindSystem westerliesInMidLatitudes ⓘ
westerliesInMidLatitudes ⓘ
hasGreater landAreaShare ⓘ
oceanAreaShare ⓘ
hasMajorityOf SouthernOceans ⓘ
worldLandMass ⓘ
worldPopulation ⓘ
hasOppositeSeasonsWith Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
hasPhenomenon AntarcticSeaIce ⓘ
ArcticSeaIce ⓘ
hasSeasonalEffect greaterAnnualTemperatureRangeOnLand ⓘ
smallerAnnualTemperatureRangeOnLand ⓘ
hasSeasonalPattern summerFromDecemberToFebruary ⓘ
summerFromJuneToAugust ⓘ
winterFromDecemberToFebruary ⓘ
winterFromJuneToAugust ⓘ
hasSolarInsolationPattern maximumInDecemberSolstice ⓘ
maximumInJuneSolstice ⓘ
includes Antarctica ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
NorthAmerica ⓘ
linked to: North America

mostOfAfricaSouthOfEquator ⓘ
mostOfAsia ⓘ
mostOfSouthAmerica ⓘ
northernAfrica ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
influences globalAtmosphericCirculation ⓘ
globalAtmosphericCirculation ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Equator ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Equator ⓘ
partOf Earth ⓘ
Earth ⓘ
usedIn climatology ⓘ
climatology ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geography ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intertropical Convergence Zone position → canBeAsymmetricBetween → Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
the four seasons → oppositePatternBetween → Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere ⓘ