The eastern hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow.

Eastern hemisphere

The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere^[1] or eastern hemisphere,^[2] is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, England, United Kingdom) and west of 180° longitude. Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of Longitude) at which longitude is defined to be 0° Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ^[3] It may also be used in an imprecise geographic sense to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere which includes the Americas. The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America In addition, it may be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for 'Old World'. Cultural geography is a sub-field within Human geography. Cultural geography is the study of cultural products and norms and their variation across and relations to spaces and Geopolitics is the study that analyzes Geography, History and Social science with reference to Spatial politics and patterns at various scales The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans Asians and Africans in the 15th century

Overview

The line demarcating the eastern and western hemispheres is an arbitrary convention, unlike the equator, (equidistant from the Earth's poles) which divides the northern and southern hemispheres. "Globose" redirects here See also Globose nucleus. A sphere (from Greek σφαίρα - sphaira, "globe The equator (sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Line") is the intersection of the Earth 's surface with the plane perpendicular to the EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 A geographical pole, or geographic pole, is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or Planet, at 90 degrees from the Equator, based Northern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is North of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' Southern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is South of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' The Prime Meridian at 0° longitude and the International Date Line around 180° longitude are the conventionally accepted boundaries, since they divide eastern longitudes from western longitudes. Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement Using this demarcation puts portions of western Europe, Africa, and eastern Russia in the western hemisphere, thereby diluting its usefulness for cartography as well as for geopolitical constructs since all of Eurasia and Africa are typically included in the eastern hemisphere. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Consequently, the meridians of 20° W and the diametrically opposed 160° E are often used,^[4][5] which includes all of the European and African mainlands but also includes a small portion of northeast Greenland (typically reckoned as part of North America) and excludes more of eastern Russia and Oceania (e. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the g. , New Zealand). New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

The two major regions of Antarctica are named after their positions mainly within a single hemisphere; East Antarctica is named for the Eastern Hemisphere. East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, is one of the two major regions of the Antarctic Continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of

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