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Hemispheres

The earth is divided by the equator and the meridian into four hemispheres: northern, southern, eastern and western.

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What hemisphere is Macedonia in?

  • Macedonia, ancient home to the famous Alexander the Great and the modern province is located on the northern Greek peninsula of Greece which is positioned in both the northern and eastern hemispheres, in the most southern region of the European continent.
  • The unrelated (Former Yugoslav Republic) of Macedonia is located in the northern and eastern hemisphere. The continent it is located in is Europe. The (Former Yugoslav Republic) of Macedonia is a landlocked land it is very mountainous, and it is covered with basins and valleys. Two major rivers are Vardar and Treska.

What continents are in both the eastern and southern hemispjeres?

Australia is the only continent to be completely in the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres. Antarctica is completely in the Southern Hemisphere. Europe, Africa, and Antarctica are partially in the Eastern Hemisphere. Africa and Asia are partially in the Southern Hemisphere.

What is the name of the Imaginary line that separates the world into the western and the eastern hemisphere?

The imaginary line that separates the world into the western and eastern hemispheres is called the Prime Meridian. It runs vertically from the North Pole to the South Pole, passing through Greenwich, England.

Which line divides the northern and southtern hemisphere?

The Equator is the line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres. It is located at 0 degrees latitude and circles the Earth horizontally. Any location north of the Equator is considered part of the northern hemisphere, while any location south of it is part of the southern hemisphere.

What is one of the main reasons you divide the world into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere rather than into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemispher?

Dear student . . . You need to get out more. See the world. Expand your horizons.

The Northern and Southern Hemisperes are referenced in geographic and geopolitical

discussion just as often as the Eastern and Western ones are.

Well, maybe not quite as much. Speaking anthropologically and archaeologically,

the migration of, ahem, 'civilization' was from what we now call the eastern to what

we now call the western hemispheres, so maybe that introduces some bias toward

more frequent mention of the eastern/western into our historical consciousness.

Which hemisphere is bamako located in?

Bamako, the capital city of Mali, is located in the northern hemisphere in West Africa.

Is Victoria the northen or southen hemisphere?

Victoria is located in the southern hemisphere of the Earth. It is a state in south-eastern Australia.

Is a hemisphere a polyhedron?

Yes it is as it is a third dimensional shape

Which hemisphere contains Petra Jordan?

Petra, Jordan is in the northern and eastern hemispheres.

What continents are in both the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres at the same time?

Australia and Antarctica are continents that are in both the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres simultaneously.

Which continents are in both the Eastern and Western Hemishperes?

Africa and Antarctica are the continents that are in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Is the Wilkes land in the eastern or western hemisphere?

Wilkes Land is a district in East Antarctica.

But you asked if Wilkes Land belongs to the eastern or western HEMISPHERE...

Well, the answer to that is...

...the Eastern Hemisphere, because Wilkes Land has longitude between 100°31' E and 136°11' E.

Why are satellite dishes in the Northern Hemisphere pointed south and in the Southern Hemisphere there pointed north?

Satellite dishes in the Northern Hemisphere are pointed south to align with geostationary satellites above the equator, while in the Southern Hemisphere, they are pointed north for the same reason. This alignment ensures optimal reception and transmission of satellite signals.

Where is northern frontier located?

Northern Frontier is a term used to refer to regions that are located in the northern parts of countries or continents. The exact location of the northern frontier can vary depending on the specific context in which it is being used.

What hemisphere is the north equatorial current located in?

As it is called the 'North Equatorial Current' the name would suggest that it is located North of the equator, in the Northern hemisphere.

What was the trade between the western and eastern hemisphere called?

It was called the COLUMBIAN EXCAHNGE and it tresfer goods,and ideas between the easter and western hemisphere

What word means one-half of the earth?

Hemisphere means one-half of the earth. Hemispheres are eastern and western or northern and southern.

Do you capitalize western hemisphere?

Doesn't need to be, but you see it both ways, as well as Western hemisphere.