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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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Half of 180 is 90.
Places near 90 degrees west longitude include
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Peoria, Illinois
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Jackson, Mississippi
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Merida, Mexico
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- the Galapagos Islands
What is the humidity on a mountain?
The humidity on a mountain can vary depending on factors such as elevation, weather patterns, and proximity to bodies of water. Generally, humidity levels decrease as altitude increases, leading to drier conditions at higher elevations. However, humidity can also be influenced by local topography and weather systems, so it is not uniform across all mountainous regions.
What is the largest land mass in the eastern hemisphere?
I'm just guessing.... I think it would be Eurasia. Geologists consider Europe and Asia to be one land mass. I think they are on the same continental plates, or something like that anyway!
What hemisphere is largest eastern or western?
The Western hemisphere is the is the largest hemisphere.
The 45th parallel north is halfway between the Equator and the North Pole.
What are the hemispheres of the Earth?
A hemisphere is one half of a sphere, so any sphere can be divided equally in two by a plane through its center.
The geographical hemispheres of Earth are the cartological divisions of its surface. The most common are the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (separated by the equator) and the Eastern and Western Hemispheres (defined by the arbitrary E and W longitude designations). Locations up to 180° west of the Greenwich or Prime Meridian are the Western Hemisphere. Locations up to 180° east are in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Continents entirely in the Western Hemisphere are North and South America. Continents entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere are Asia and Australia. Most of Africa, most of Europe, and half of Antarctica are also in the Eastern Hemisphere.
The only continents that lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere are Australia and Antarctica.
If you live in Ohio what hemisphere do you live in?
Ohio is in the northern hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
What hemisphere is the Republic of Guinea in?
Equatorial Guinea is split in half by the equator, making it a country in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. It is also in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Equatorial Guinea is located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also located in the Eastern Hemisphere. However, the country is very close to the Equator and the Prime Meridian.
What hemisphere is Switzerland in?
northern hemisphere Switzerland, part of the European Continent is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Whilst geographically within Europe, Switzerland remains, by choice, not part of the European Union.
What is the longest river in the western hemisphere and the second longest in the world?
The longest river in the world is the Nile River with the total length of 7,088 Km or 4,405 miles. The Amazon River is the second longest river of the world. The total length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles. The third longest river of the world is the Yangtze River. The total length of the Yangtze is 6,236 km or 3,876 miles.
Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/17538940902746082ce
Which hemisphere is Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is a country that is located approx. in the center of Asia. Asia is in the Northern Hemisphere, so Afghanistan is located in the Northern Hemisphere. If you would like to find out more about Afghanistan, you might want to visit Answers.com and see Afghanistan.
What hemisphere is the Fuji Island?
Fuji is a city, at the foot of Mt Fuji, in the Honshu region of Japan in the eastern and southern hemisphere.
Japan is not in the Southern Hemisphere but in the Northern Hemisphere.
However, if the questioner meant Fiji Island in the South Pacific, it is in the Southern Hemisphere [ and in the Eastern Hemisphere].
Is South America entirely in the northern and western hemisphere?
Yes, it is. Mexico is the third westernmost country in the world, behind the United States and Canada.
What hemisphere has the most land East or West?
Alaska is the northernmost state and Hawaii is the southernmost state.
