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Keywords: Equator, Hemisphere, Half, Earth, Celestial

Related Terms: Antarctic, Anticyclonic, Circumpolar, Culmination, Declination, Equator, Equinoctial, Hemisphere, Polaris, Solstice, Tropic, Winter, Coriolis, Right Ascension, Summer Solstice, Arctic Circle, Celestial Sphere, Contraparallel, Aurora Borealis, North Pole, Antarctic Circle, Autumnal Equinox, Hour Angle, Winter Solstice, Deosil, Tropic Of Cancer, Tropic Of Capricorn, Temperate Zone, Celestial Equator, Northern Lights, Vernal Equinox, Cyclonic, Aurora Australis, Celestial Poles, Tropics, Celestial Pole, Westerlies, Celestial Coordinates, Spring Equinox, Widdershins, North Celestial Pole, South Celestial Pole, Hour Circle, Southern Hemisphere, North Star, Celestial Globe, Armillary Sphere, Pole Star, Equatorial

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the area above (north) the equator.

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the half of the earth that is above the equator

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The area of the earth above the equator

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The Northern Hemisphere is the half of the Earth that is north of the equator.

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The northern half of the Earth, from the equator to the North Pole.

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The half of the Earth north of the equator. See equator and Southern Hemisphere.

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The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet's surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball'). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and about 88-90% of the human population.

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