that half of the globe lying north of the equator
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North′ern Hem′isphere,
- Place Names, Geographythe half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
- 1885–90
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'Northern Hemisphere' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aeria
- Arctic char
- Buys-Ballot's law
- Calypso
- Coriolis effect
- Elysium
- Ferrel's law
- Ishtar Terra
- Laurasia
- Mare Acidalium
- Mare Frigoris
- Panchaia
- Temperate Zone
- Utopia Planitia
- anticyclone
- aurora borealis
- autumn
- back
- bank swallow
- canary grass
- coralroot
- creeper
- cyclone
- cyclonic
- dunlin
- eider duck
- enchanter's nightshade
- eohippus
- gadwall
- glacial epoch
- golden eagle
- gyre
- hawk owl
- hemisphere
- herring gull
- horned lark
- long-eared owl
- loon
- meadow mouse
- merlin
- metridium
- moose
- mountain avens
- mutton bird
- polar lights
- rough-legged hawk
- three-toed woodpecker
- threespine stickleback
- trade wind
- veer