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If we take the Eastern Hemisphere to be the part of the earth between longitude 0 and the 180th meridian, travelling East, then South America is the only continent to be exclusively in the Western Hemisphere. If we take the International Date Line as the boundary, then both North and South America are entirely in the Western Hemisphere.
It is in western hemisphere
Western Hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere.
The prime meridian at longitude 0° marks the eastern boundary of the Western Hemisphere The corresponding anti-meridian at Longitude 180° marks the western boundary of the Western Hemisphere. (In practical terms you could also consider the international date line to be the boundary - just not the official boundary.)
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The U.S.A is in the Western Hemisphere. It is also in the northern hemisphereThe U.S. is in the western hemisphere.
The eastern and western hemispheres are each 12 hours wide, and along half of the boundary between them, the day changes. So, depending on what point you pick in each hemisphere, the time in the western hemisphere could be anywhere from 12 hours earlier to 23 hours earlier than the time in the eastern one.
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere.
Mexico is in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Western Hemisphere.
western hemisphere
Western
It is in the northern hemisphere and also the western hemisphere.
If we take the Eastern Hemisphere to be the part of the earth between longitude 0 and the 180th meridian, travelling East, then South America is the only continent to be exclusively in the Western Hemisphere. If we take the International Date Line as the boundary, then both North and South America are entirely in the Western Hemisphere.
It is in western hemisphere