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Where does most of the dry land lie in northern or southern hemisphere?
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The northern hemisphere has much more land than the southern hemisphere.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Northern Hemisphere. It has 90% of the Earths land and population, the Southern Hemisphere has the other 10%
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∙ 13y agoSince the majority of continental land mass exists in the northern hemisphere, it would be safe to assume that the southern hemisphere has a larger percentage of area covered by the oceans.
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∙ 13y agomost of the earths "dry" land is at the southern hemisphere
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