Talk:Hemisphere
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The half of the Earth to the south of the Equator is called the southern hemisphere, while the half to the north of the Equator is called the northern hemisphere.
By convention, the Americas are called the western hemisphere, while Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia are collectively termed the eastern hemisphere. The western hemisphere is also sometimes called the new world, while the eastern is called the old world.
I have no problem with the trifurcating definition list that replaced this, but I believe that this information still belongs on the page and should not have been taken off. User:jaknouse
This change was of practical nature only. Imagine someone following a link
hemisphere from the brain article and arriving at the article which content
tells only about geography aspect of the term.
--User:Kpjas
I thought the western hemisphere is everything from the prime meridian westward to 180, while the eastern hemisphere is the rest. Thus Ireland is in the western hemisphere. There's also the water hemisphere and the land hemisphere; where's the boundary? -phma