There are four hemispheres; each colocated with halves of two others. There’s a Northern and Southern hemisphere, yes, but there’s also an Eastern and Western hemisphere; one from the Prime Meridian East to the Date Line, and the other from the Prime Meridian West to the Date Line.
And actually, geographers talk about a third hemisphere delineation: the “Land Hemisphere” and the “Water Hemisphere.” The “equator” of this hemispherical division is a circle that runs south from Baja California to just under Peru, curves across South America and across the Atlantic where it ducks under South Africa, then curves back North to skirt just below Vietnam and Japan before turning South again over the North Pacific. That might not sound like a hemisphere, but it is when you look at a globe; and the “Land Hemisphere,” which is centered on France, contains 81% of Earth’s land, while the “Water Hemisphere,” which is centered just south of New Zealand, contains about 63% of Earth’s water.
south america is in the "southern hemisphere though.
What is Western Hemisphere, Alex?
There are four hemispheres; each colocated with halves of two others. There’s a Northern and Southern hemisphere, yes, but there’s also an Eastern and Western hemisphere; one from the Prime Meridian East to the Date Line, and the other from the Prime Meridian West to the Date Line.
And actually, geographers talk about a third hemisphere delineation: the “Land Hemisphere” and the “Water Hemisphere.” The “equator” of this hemispherical division is a circle that runs south from Baja California to just under Peru, curves across South America and across the Atlantic where it ducks under South Africa, then curves back North to skirt just below Vietnam and Japan before turning South again over the North Pacific. That might not sound like a hemisphere, but it is when you look at a globe; and the “Land Hemisphere,” which is centered on France, contains 81% of Earth’s land, while the “Water Hemisphere,” which is centered just south of New Zealand, contains about 63% of Earth’s water.
So the Earth consists of two whole spheres!
No.