Hemispheres of Earth
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Why the western hemisphere means the Americas in political speech but not on a globe
Finding south without Polaris: how the Southern Cross and its pointers work
Why the eastern hemisphere is split at 20°W and 160°E rather than at 0 and 180
Does water really drain the other way south of the equator? The bathtub myth
Why the seasons flip south of the equator: axial tilt and not distance from the sun
The northern hemisphere holds most of the land and the southern most of the ocean
Land hemisphere vs water hemisphere: the two centres that divide Earth's surface unevenly
Midnight sun and polar night: which latitudes and which hemisphere
Why hurricanes spin counterclockwise north of the equator and clockwise south
Roughly nine in ten people live north of the equator
Southern summer is shorter than northern summer because Earth is nearest the sun in January
Why the seasons begin on different calendar dates in each hemisphere
Why the hemisphere a place sits in decides its seasons more than its distance from the equator
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