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Hemispheres
The earth is divided by the equator and the meridian into four hemispheres: northern, southern, eastern and western.
2,241 Questions
What are the three oceans in the northern hemisphere?
The three oceans in the northern hemisphere are the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
How many degrees of longitude each side of the prime meridian?
Starting from the Prime Meridian and going either east or west, you'll cover 360
degrees of longitude before you find yourself back at the Prime Meridian again.
Half-way around a sphere corresponds to 180 degrees.
If you and your friend both start out from the Prime Meridian, and one of you
travels east around the globe and the other travels west around the globe,
you'll eventually meet each other. If you both travel exactly the same distance,
then you each cover 180 degrees of longitude, and you meet exactly on the
other side opposite the Prime Meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at
180 degrees longitude, both east and west.
What human activities cause desertification?
Improper farming practices, for one.
Farming practices are improper when crops are continually grown, harvested and the soil is not given enough time to replace its nutrients.
Excessive ploughing of land may also cause soil erosion.
Animal grazing may also cause the lack of natural vegetation (forest), and, hence, lack of plant roots to bind the soil particles together, and this will cause soil erosion.
A term to remember is accelerated soil erosion, the removal of topsoil, which contains the nutrients that sustain vegetation growth.
I believe these human activities, which are all classified under improper farming practices, cause (human-induced) desertification.
The location distance north or south of the equator?
Latitude is the location distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles.
What is the height or altitude of the land?
The height or the altitude of the land is its distance above sea level. This is referred to as the elevation of the land.
What type of map sHow is locations of land and bodies of water?
There are a variety of maps in use around the world at any given time. These can include street maps and maps of the stars. The map that focuses on land forms and bodies of water is called a physical map.
Which mountains cross the 120 degrees west line of longitude?
The Andes mountain, now do your geography journal correctly!
Why are the areas near the equator hot?
Countries near the equator are warmer because the land receives and retains more sunlight than countries closer to the poles of the planet. The equator receives sunlight from directly overhead. This means that if the sun throws (for example) 10 sunrays per square foot to a tropical place, a square foot on the ground will get the full 10 sunrays. Not only that, but some sunrays will bounce straight back up, hit the top of the atmosphere and bounce straight back down to the same place again. These sunrays contain both light and heat which make for a pretty hot place. Now lets go to New York, where the sun is not directly overhead in the summer. The sun throws the same 10 sunrays per foot at an angle toward us, but since it's at an angle the 10 sunrays are more spread out when they hit the ground. So now you have 10 sunrays hitting New York every 1 and a half or 2 feet. That's less light and less heat. Also, the bounce is at an angle so if some of the sunrays are reflected back, they will hit in a different place. Equatorial lands also receive more sunlight because the sunlight travels through less atmosphere than non-equatorial lands.
If flying from Chicago to Shanghai which ocean will you cross?
An intresting trick question. More than likely a plane leaving Chicago, IL U.S.A. and going to Shanghai, China would take a polar route. This would be the most optimal route and the best logistically for the plane to travel. A polar route would reduce distance due the curvature of the Earth, and it is much safer to use a polar route, because it would significantly increase the amount of land that the plane would fly over and significantly reduce open ocean flying. Finally, to answer the trick question - the Arctic Ocean.
What effect does an aphelion have in each hemisphere?
It doesn't, really, much. The effect of apsis is completely swamped by the effect of axial tilt. I believe that southern hemisphere summers tend to be hotter, and southern hemisphere winters colder, than corresponding latitudes in the northern hemisphere due to the date of apsis (early January). But I don't know for certain that this is true.
What is northwest of the Arabian Sea?
To the northwest of the Arabian Sea is the Arabian Peninsula, which is home to countries like Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. The Arabian Peninsula is a region known for its deserts, mountains, and rich cultural history.
How do human activities lead to desertification?
Human activities such as overgrazing, deforestation, and agricultural practices like irrigation using unsustainable methods can lead to desertification. These activities can strip the land of vegetation cover, disrupt the soil structure, and deplete the natural resources, making the land more susceptible to erosion and degradation, ultimately turning it into desert-like conditions.
Why is Alaska the most northern western and eastern in the US?
North is obvious by a peek at the World Map but a quirk of Geography and Cartography result in the East versus West quandry. Again a peek at a world map confirms the claim to furthest west and is readily confirmed by checking out the Longitude and Latitude of both locations.
How it can also claim a position as the Easternmost point is the RUB between the science of geography and the Politics of the Real World. When a Geographic or International Date Line passes through a scientific point that conflicts with real world needs, then Politics wins over science. Your neighbor across the street should not be living an hour or day away. It is impractible and people convolute science. Move the Line the Cartographer is told and West becomes East (or visa-versa).
Tonga used a modern advertising blitz of "Where Time Begins", and improved their tourism dollar greatly. Others moved their boundaries and the Science had been reversed by Geo-Politics.
What human activities can contribute to desertification?
Just a few human activities are deforestation (slash and burn and destruction of plants that retain water and shade land), introduction of invasive species (especially grass species), and cattle grazing/overgrazing (they compact land after all plants have been removed and cause desertification by eating most water-retaining plants)
Added by: PCQB:
using large amounts of well-water to irrigate farm land
(from studyisland question)
Only in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics laboratories.
On what day does the sun never set on the arctic circle?
During the summer solstice, which occurs around June 21st each year, the sun does not set on the Arctic Circle. This phenomenon is known as the midnight sun, where the sun remains visible for 24 hours.
What is distance north or south of the equator called?
The distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees of latitude. For example, the equator is measured at 0 degrees; Sydney Australia lies 33.51 degrees south of the equator; Helsinki Finland lies 60 degrees north of the equator.
Yes, you would be able to see it from Scandinavia.
Are there times other than the new moon when the moon can't be seen?
Because we can only see the part of the moon that is lit by the sun. The moon may appear to get bigger and smaller, but that's because it orbits the earth so only some of it can be seen. It takes four weeks for the moon to do a full orbit ( a month)
What surrounds the pantheon today?
The Pantheon is surrounded by a plaza in Rome called Piazza della Rotonda. It is also located near the busy area of Piazza Navona and many shops, cafes, and restaurants. Additionally, the Pantheon is close to other famous landmarks such as the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps.
Which country is the land of setting sun?
Morocco, in Arabic: المغرب al-Maghrib /ˈmæɡrɪb/[1] which literally stands for "The Land where the Sun sets"
Historically, Maghreb, previously known to Europeans as Barbary Coast or "Barbary States", derived from Berber, before the establishment of modern nation states in the region during the mid-20th century, Maghreb most commonly referred to a smaller area between the Atlas Mountains in the south and the Mediterranean Sea, often also including eastern Libya, but not modern Mauritania. As recently as the late 19th century it was used to refer to the Western Mediterranean region of coastal North Africa in general, and to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia in particular.[7]
Partially isolated from the rest of the continent by the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara desert, inhabitants of the northern parts of the Maghreb have long had commercial and cultural ties to the inhabitants of the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe and Western Asia, going back at least to the Phoenicians in the 1st millennium BC (the Phoenician colony of Carthage having been founded, according to tradition, in what is now Tunisia circa 800 BC).
The region was somewhat unified as an independent political entity during the rule of the Berber kingdom of Numidia, which was followed by the Roman Empire's rule or influence. That was followed by the brief invasion of the Germanic Vandals, the equally brief re-establishment of a weak Byzantine rule by the Byzantine Empire, the rule of the Islamic Caliphates under the Umayyads, the Abbasids, and the Fatimids. The most enduring rule was that of the local Berber empires of the Almoravids, Almohads, Hammadids, Zirids, Marinids, Saadi and Wattasids (to name some of those among the most prominent) from the 8th to 13th centuries.
The basis of Morocco's English name is Marrakesh, its capital under the Almoravid dynasty and Almohad Caliphate.[13] The origin of the name Marrakesh is disputed,[14] but is most likely from the Berber words amur (n) akushor "Land of God"Time difference between Texas and Cancun?
Cancun is always on Eastern Standard Time (EST; UTC-5). 98% of Texas alternates between Central Standard Time (CST; UTC-6) and Central Daylight Saving Time (CDT; UTC-5). The other 2% of Texas, two of the counties south of New Mexico, alternates between Mountain Standard Time (MST; UTC-7) and Mountain Daylight Saving Time (MDT; UTC-6).
Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. begins on the second Sunday of March at 2 AM local standard time and ends on the first Sunday of November at 2 AM local daylight saving time.
Bottom line:
- There is no time difference between Cancun and 98% of Texas 65% of the time.
- Cancun is one hour ahead of 98% of Texas 35% of the time.
- Cancun is one hour ahead of the other 2% of Texas 65% of the time.
- Cancun is two hours ahead of 2% of Texas 35% of the time.
5 AM MST (in western TX Nov-Mar) =
6 AM MDT (in western TX Mar-Nov) =
6 AM CST (in most of TX Nov-Mar) =
7 AM CDT (in most of TX Mar-Nov) =
7 AM EST (in Cancun)
