GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Asia
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Equator
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Prime Meridian
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Hemisphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -Encyclopedic Entry Vocabulary. Any circle drawn around Earth divides it into two equal halves called hemispheres. There are generally considered to be four hemispheres: northern, southern, eastern, and western. The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Detailed explanation-2: -The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth at 0 degrees latitude. The equator divides the planet into two equal halves called hemispheres-a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -The equator divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres. The Earth’s orbit around the sun and the tilt of the Earth’s axis affect the seasonal changes in these two hemispheres. Because the Earth’s axis is tilted, it is angled with respect to the sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -noun. hemi·sphere ˈhem-ə-ˌsfi(ə)r. : one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or by a meridian. : one of two halves of a sphere.