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Southern Hemisphere

The southern hemisphere of the earth is the area south of the equator.

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What date is the first day of Summer Southern and Northern Hemisphere?

In the southern hemisphere summer begins on December 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM (UT); in the northern, on June 20, 2008, at 23:59 PM (UT).

What hemisphere is England in?

England is in the Northern, Eastern, and Western Hemisphere.

That's a very good question. Although England - and the rest of the UK - are considered to be in the Western Hemisphere, the Prime Meridian, (ie 0 degrees east/west of that location), runs through the London suburb of Greenwich and if you visit the site of the Old Royal Observatory, you can stand with one foot in the Western Hemisphere and one foot in the Eastern Hemisphere, so the answer to your question is that geographically speaking, England is in both the east and west, as well as the northern hemisphere.

What two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

Antarctica and Australia are the two continents that are entirely located in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which continent in the Western Hemisphere is also at least partly in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

South America is the continent in the Western Hemisphere that is partly in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The equator passes through its northern part, dividing it into the two hemispheres.

What percentage of all land is south of the equator?

Approximately 35% of all land is located south of the equator.

United states hemisphere?

The United States is located in the Western Hemisphere. It lies primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, but a small portion of the country extends into the Southern Hemisphere in the Pacific territories of American Samoa and Midway Atoll.

What continent lie in both the northern and southern hemispheres?

South America and Africa are the two continents in both Southern and Northern Hemispheres.

What countries are located entirely in the southern hemisphere?

Australia New Zealand Fiji Papua New Guinea Tonga New Caledonia Vauatu South Africa Swaziland Argentina Peru Chile Uraguay Paraguay Bolivia Botswana Angola Zambia Namibia Society Islands Pitcairn Islands Cook Islands Mozambique Madagascar East Timor Solomon Islands Tuvalu Samoa

What continents do not extend into the southern hemisphere?

North America and Europe. None of mainland Asia extends into the Southern Hemisphere, but the Indonesian islands do and are considered part of Asia (so Asia would not properly answer the question, unless one is asking solely of continental mainlands and not including their islands).

Which cities are located in the Southern Hemisphere?

Some cities located in the Southern Hemisphere include Sydney (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Which 2 continents are located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere?

Australia and Antarctica are the two continents that are entirely located within the Southern Hemisphere.

What countries are in the northern southern and western hemispheres?

Their is Brazil, parts of Indonesia, Congo, possibly Chile. Their are probably more, but I don't know what they are.

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Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Western Sahara, Mauritania...

What continents are both in the eastern and southern hemispheres?

Funny thing . . .
All of the continents that meet those requirements
begin and end with the letter 'A'.

Completely in the eastern
and southern hemispheres:

  • Australia

Completely in the eastern and
partly in the southern hemisphere:
  • Asia

Completely in the southern and
partly in the eastern hemisphere:
  • Antarctica

Partly in the eastern and partly
in the southern hemisphere:
  • Africa

What two continents are located entirely in the southern hemisphere?

I belive it is south america and Africa. :) <3 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Antarctica and Australia.

Which polar region contains more land the northern or southern?

The northern polar region contains more land compared to the southern polar region. This is because the Arctic region, located in the northern hemisphere, is mostly surrounded by landmasses while the Antarctic region in the southern hemisphere is mostly covered by ice with a continent beneath it.

Which countries are in the southern hemisphere?

Some countries in the Southern Hemisphere include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. These countries are located below the equator line.

How much land does the Southern Hemisphere have?

The Southern Hemisphere covers approximately 143.8 million square kilometers of land surface, which is roughly 19.08% of the Earth's total land area. This includes continents such as South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

Which countries are located in the southern hemisphere?

So many, more than 20.

Africa:

  1. Angola
  2. Botswana
  3. Burundi
  4. Comoros
  5. Lesotho
  6. Madagascar
  7. Malawi
  8. Mauritius
  9. Mozambique
  10. Namibia
  11. Rwanda
  12. Seychelles
  13. South Africa
  14. Swaziland
  15. Tanzania
  16. Zambia
  17. Zimbabwe
  18. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  19. Gabon
  20. Republic of the Congo
  21. Equatorial Guinea
  22. Kenya
  23. Somalia
  24. São Tomé and Príncipe
  25. Uganda

Asia:

  1. East Timor
  2. Indonesia
  3. Maldives
  4. Australia
  5. Fiji
  6. Nauru
  7. New Zealand
  8. Papua New Guinea
  9. Samoa
  10. Solomon Islands
  11. Tonga
  12. Tuvalu
  13. Vanuatu
  14. Kiribati

America:

  1. Argentina
  2. Bolivia
  3. Chile
  4. Paraguay
  5. Peru
  6. Uruguay
  7. Brazil
  8. Ecuador
  9. Colombia

Other:

  • American Samoa (USA)
  • Cook Islands (New Zealand)
  • Easter Island (Chile)
  • French Polynesia (including Tahiti) (France)
  • Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
  • Jarvis Island (USA)
  • Juan Fernández Islands (Chile)
  • Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (France)
  • Niue (New Zealand)
  • Swains Island (USA, claimed by Tokelau)
  • Tokelau (New Zealand)
  • Wallis and Futuna (France)
  • Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)

Atlantic Ocean:

  • Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
  • Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
  • Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdo
Indian Ocean
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)
  • Mayotte (France)
  • Réunion (France)
Southern Ocean
  • Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
  • Bouvet Island (Norway)
  • Kerguelen Islands (France)
  • Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
  • New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (New Zealand)
  • Saint Paul Island and Amsterdam Island (France)
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom, claimed by Argentina)
  • South Orkney Islands (Antarctic Treaty signatories)

Which hemisphere has more land?

The Northern Hemisphere has more land than the Southern Hemisphere. About 68% of Earth's landmass is located in the Northern Hemisphere, mainly because it contains larger continents like Asia, Europe, and North America.

Does the northern hemisphere have more land than the southern hemisphere?

Answer:The Northern Hemisphere does have more land than the Southern. Need Proof?:Take a look on the map, separate the hemispheres by looking at the Equator (0 degrees longitude) Because of huge Russia, and huge Greenland we can tell that it is more than the land of Antarctica by putting it together and both of those are up in the Northern Hemisphere.