Southern Hemisphere
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southern hemisphere
n.
hemisphere south of the equator
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere or southern hemisphere is the half of a
planet
that is
south
of the
equator
—the word
hemisphere
literally means 'half ball'. It is also that half of the
celestial sphere
south of the celestial
equator
.Earth's southern hemisphere contains five
continents
(
Antarctica
,
Australia
, most of
South America
, parts of
Africa
and of
Asia
), and four
oceans
(
South Atlantic
,
Indian
,
South Pacific
, and
Southern
). Due to the tilt of Earth's rotation relative to the
Sun
and the
ecliptic plane
,
Summer
is
December 21
through
March 21
and
winter
is
June 21
through to
September 21
.
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southern hemisphere
Noun
1. the hemisphere south of the equator
(hypernym) hemisphere
(part-meronym) Australia
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southern hemisphere
Eng: southern hemisphere
Urdu: جنُوبي نِصف کُرہ
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