Half of the Earth, usually conceived as resulting from the division of the globe into two equal parts, north and south or east and west The northern hemisphere is north of the equator, the southern hemisphere is south of the equator
Half of the Earth, usually conceived as resulting from the division of the globe into two equal parts' north and south or east and west
one half of the planet Maps divide the Earth into 2 halves The hemispheres are divided along the equator or the Prime Meridian Divided at the equator makes a break into north/south Divided at the Prime Meridian makes a break into east/west
One of the two halves that a sphere is divided into when a plane (flat surface) passes through its center For example, the equator divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and the prime meridian divides it into eastern and western hemispheres The western hemisphere is the half of the earth which includes North and South America