Water hemisphere
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The water hemisphere, sometimes but not always capitalized as the Water Hemisphere, is the hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest area of water. It is centered on , near New Zealand.[1][2] The other half of the earth is the land hemisphere.
The water hemisphere has only one-eighth of the world's land,[1] including Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, a small part of Southeast Asia and the southern part of South America. Most of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are on the water hemisphere. The area of the oceans of the water hemisphere is much larger than its land area, but the area of the oceans of the land hemisphere is still larger than its land area.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Boggs, Samuel Whittemore (December 1945). "This Hemisphere". Journal of Geography 44 (9): 345-355.
- ^ Judy M. Olson (1997). Projecting the Hemisphere. Matching the Map Projection to the Need. American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
Hemispheres of the Earth |
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| Northern hemisphere • Southern hemisphere • Western hemisphere • Eastern hemisphere • Land hemisphere • Water hemisphere |
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