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The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the equator. It contains all or parts of five continents [1] (the whole ...
Northern Hemisphere: The half that lies north of the Equator. This hemisphere contains approximately 68% of Earth's landmass and is home to about 90% of the global population. [4] It includes North America, Europe, Asia, and most of Africa. Southern Hemisphere: The half that lies south of the Equator. It contains approximately 32% of Earth's ...
The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
South Africa, New Zealand and Australia have consistently beaten the Six Nations sides during this Autumn Nations Series and Sam Warburton explains why that is
South Pole telescope during polar night. The green light is the southern lights. During winter (May through August), the South Pole receives no sunlight at all, and is completely dark apart from moonlight. In summer (October through February), the sun is continuously above the horizon and appears to move in a counter-clockwise circle.
The two solstices can be distinguished by different pairs of names, depending on which feature one wants to stress. Summer solstice and winter solstice are the most common names, referring to the seasons they are associated with. However, these can be ambiguous since the Northern Hemisphere's summer is the Southern Hemisphere's
The equinox arrives on Saturday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what to know about how we split up the year using the Earth's orbit. As the Earth travels ...
Meteorologists (and Australia [3] [4] and most of the temperate countries in the southern hemisphere) [5] [6] use a definition based on Gregorian calendar months, with autumn being September, October, and November in the northern hemisphere, [7] and March, April, and May in the southern hemisphere.