There are 90 degrees of latitude
in each half of the globe.
the Equator
a hemisphere.
It is the north half of the globe. That is where it is.
Canada is a country that is in the northern hemisphere. Its territory extends into the Arctic Circle, placing it entirely in the northern half of the globe.
The Arctic Circle.
If the star Polaris is 29 degrees above the horizon, then your latitude is about 29 degrees North.Polaris is not exactly above the North Pole, but it is only about one-half degree away from that.
Technically, and there isn't an upper and lower half of the world, although maps seem to suggest that. However, there is a northern half and a southern half. These are separated by an imaginary line called the Equator.
Italy is simultaneously found in both the northern hemisphere (everything north of the equator on the globe) and the eastern hemisphere (the half of the globe east of the prime meridian.
It is Point Roberts which is 49 degrees north latitude. Where as Blaine is 48.52 north Lat. This makes Point Roberts a half a degree farther north than Blaine.
equator. It is located at 0 degrees latitude and divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Three are two hemispheres: the northern and the southern The northern hemisphere is the part of the globe that is above the equator. Hemi-means half here.
they are half a sphere like a globe , above the equator is the northern hemisphere and below is the southern hemisphere.