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Southern Hemisphere [1 record]

Record 1 2020-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
DEF

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
DEF

Moitié du globe terrestre située au sud de l'équateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
  • Geografía política y geopolítica
DEF

Mitad de la superficie de la esfera terrestre que [...] limitada por el ecuador, contiene al Polo Sur.

OBS

hemisferio sur: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que los nombres de los hemisferios se escriben con iniciales minúsculas en todas sus palabras.

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