southern hemisphere

noun

variants: or Southern Hemisphere

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of southern hemisphere

: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator

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Recent Examples of southern hemisphere from the Web

Seasonal peaks were detected in late summer in the northern hemisphere and late winter in the southern hemisphere.

— marcia dunn, chicagotribune.com, "New Mars discoveries in ancient lakebed advance case for possible life," 7 June 2018
The polar caps appear to be mostly nitrogen ices. with more methane concentrated in the southern hemisphere.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Here's What We Know About Pluto So Far," 17 July 2015
Zuckerberg oversees the content and influence and mood of a community greater than Christianity, the southern hemisphere, plus India.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full transcript: NYU professor Scott Galloway answers listener questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask," 26 May 2018
Zakouma is also a birder’s wonderland, boasting nearly 400 species, including migrants from both the northern and southern hemispheres.

— rachel nuwer, New York Times, "In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back," 14 May 2018
California’s surfers can expect the energy from this southern hemisphere storm to hit their shores in about a week, Durrant said.

— stephen sorace, Fox News, "Massive wave sets southern hemisphere record, scientists say," 11 May 2018
The Sea Princess had made stops in several countries in the southern hemisphere, including Colombia, Peru, New Zealand and Australia.

— steve helling, PEOPLE.com, "Judge Scolds ‘Cocaine Babe’ Who Said She Went on Drug Cruise for ‘Likes and Attention’ on Instagram," 19 Apr. 2018
Stacking the images from all four cameras affords TESS a view of the sky 96 degrees high, enough to span an entire, 90-degree latitudinal segment of the northern or southern hemisphere.

— robbie gonzalez, WIRED, "NASA’s New Exoplanet Satellite Has a Better Shot of Finding Life Close to Home," 17 Apr. 2018
Kiwi outfit Cantabrians bested 11 other southern hemisphere sides to be crowned the first ever kings of Hong Kong.

— alan dymock, CNN, "From Fiji to fancy dress, how rugby fell in love with the Hong Kong Sevens," 6 Apr. 2018

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