Everything about The Eastern Hemisphere totally explained
The
Eastern Hemisphere, also
Eastern hemisphere or
eastern hemisphere, is a
geographical term for the half of the
Earth that's east of the
Prime Meridian (which crosses
Greenwich,
England,
United Kingdom) and west of 180° longitude. 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. In addition, it may be used in a
cultural or
geopolitical sense as a synonym for '
Old World'.
Overview
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 around 180° longitude are the conventionally accepted boundaries, since they divide eastern longitudes from western longitudes. Using this demarcation puts portions of
western Europe, Africa, and eastern
Russia in the western hemisphere, thereby diluting its usefulness for cartography as well as for geopolitical constructs since all of
Eurasia and Africa are typically included in the eastern hemisphere. Consequently, the meridians of 20° W and the diametrically opposed 160° E are often used, which includes all of the European and African mainlands but also includes a small portion of northeast
Greenland (typically reckoned as part of
North America) and excludes more of eastern Russia and
Oceania (for example,
New Zealand).
The two major regions of
Antarctica are named after their positions mainly within a single hemisphere;
East Antarctica is named for the Eastern Hemisphere.
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