southern hemisphere

noun

variants or Southern Hemisphere

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

Examples of southern hemisphere in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers from Australia's Griffith University used drones to follow 103 adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) across the southern hemisphere, from their cold-water feeding grounds on the Western Antarctic Peninsula to the warmer climes of their breeding site off the coast of Colombia. —New Atlas, 28 July 2025

Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina and is the first pope from the Americas and the southern hemisphere. —Jeff Brady, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025

The view from the southern hemisphere was no more optimistic. —Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025

Recent research, however, has proposed a promising answer: the molten Martian core likely generated a magnetic field that only covered the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere. —Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for southern hemisphere

• acyclovir
• asthenosphere
• ganciclovir
• magnetosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere
• centromere
• chemosphere
• chromosphere
• hydrosphere
• lithosphere
• mesosphere

Kids Definition

southern hemisphere

noun

often capitalized S&H

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