(‘northern hemisphere’ shaded blue)
(‘northern / southern’ hemispheres are same size)
(but ‘north’ looks bigger in this pic because ‘antarctica’ is not shown)
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-as of [30 MARCH 2024]–
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-the northern hemisphere is the half of earth that is north of the ‘equator’-
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(for other planets in the ‘solar system’, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth’s North pole)
(owing to the Earth’s axial tilt, winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice (typically December 21 UTC) to the March Equinox (typically March 20 UTC), while summer lasts from the June solstice (typically June 21 UTC) through to the September equinox (typically September 23 UTC))
(the dates vary each year due to the difference between the calendar year and the astronomical year)
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(its surface is 60.7% water)
(compared with 80.9% water in the case of the ‘southern hemisphere’)
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(it contains 67.3% of earth’s land)
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