The eastern hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow.

Eastern hemisphere

Eastern hemisphere, also Eastern Hemisphere,^[1] is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, England) and west of the International Date Line. 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. It may also be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for 'Old World'. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 364 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 455 pixel, file size: 47 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eastern Hemisphere ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 364 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 455 pixel, file size: 47 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eastern Hemisphere ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 800 pixel, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eastern Hemisphere User:TydeNet User:Willtron... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 800 pixel, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eastern Hemisphere User:TydeNet User:Willtron... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... The International Date Line around 180° This article is about the line dividing time zones; see Dateline (disambiguation) for other meanings, including the television program. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The geographical western hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ...

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. The Prime Meridian, at 0° longitude, and the International Date Line at 180° longitude, are the conventionally accepted boundaries, since they divide eastern longitudes from western longitudes. Using this demarcation puts portions of western Europe and Africa in the western hemisphere, diluting its usefulness for cartography as well as for geopolitical constructs, which typically include all of Europe and Africa in the eastern hemisphere. A sphere is a perfectly symmetrical geometrical object. ... World map showing the equator in red In tourist areas, the equator is often marked on the sides of roads The equator marked as it crosses Ilhéu das Rolas, in São Tomé and Príncipe. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and about 90% of the human population. ... southern hemisphere highlighted in yellow (Antarctica not depicted). ... Location of the Prime Meridian Prime Meridian in Greenwich The Prime Meridian, also known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian, is the meridian (line of longitude) passing through the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, England — it is the meridian at which longitude is 0 degrees. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ... The International Date Line around 180° This article is about the line dividing time zones; see Dateline (disambiguation) for other meanings, including the television program. ...

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