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Hemisphere literally means half of a sphere.
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What is the term geographers use to refer of the half of the earth?
Geographers use the term hemisphere to refer to half of the earth. Examples of this would be the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
The term for half the globe?
hemisphere
What is the largest hemisphere?
each half is equal hence the term hemisphere: half a circle
What is the term for one half of the world?
a hemisphere?
What is term for the Europeans who led expeditions to western hemisphere?
The generic term for Europeans who led expeditions to the western hemisphere was explorer, but most were Spanish and called conquistadors
What is the root word for hemisphere?
The root word for hemisphere is "hemi-", which means half.
Is a hemisphere different from a sphere?
"Hemi-" is a combining form meaning "half". So a hemisphere is just a half of a sphere.
Is the outback in the southern or northern hemisphere?
The outback is a general term which refers to the vast, remote areas of inland Australia. Because it is an Australian term, it is something found in the sourn hemisphere.
What is the term used for one half of the world?
That's a hemisphere.
What is some news about the eastern hemisphere?
There is no such term as eastern hemisphere as earth is divided in 2 hemispheres northern and southern hemispheres .
Why is southern hemisphere is called the water hemisphere?
The Southern Hemisphere is sometimes called the "water hemisphere" although that is technically the term for the hemisphere centered on New Zealand that has the maximum water area of any half of the Earth.The majority of the continents are clustered in the northern hemisphere which means that the southern hemisphere has more water area than the northern hemisphere (both hemispheres still have more water than land area).A continent is a land mass and conflating the term water and land would be nonsense.
What is the half globe?
Well, the term for "half a globe" is a hemisphere because the globe is a sphere and "hemi" means half so put them together and you get hemisphere. assuming 12 is meant to be 1/2 then hemisphere
