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Because - there is more of the Earth's surface covered by water, than by land in the Southern Hemisphere.
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What continent is covered by the most water?
The Southern Hemisphere!
Why is southern hemisphere is called the water hemisphere?
The Southern Hemisphere is sometimes called the "water hemisphere" although that is technically the term for the hemisphere centered on New Zealand that has the maximum water area of any half of the Earth.The majority of the continents are clustered in the northern hemisphere which means that the southern hemisphere has more water area than the northern hemisphere (both hemispheres still have more water than land area).A continent is a land mass and conflating the term water and land would be nonsense.
What has more water the norther hemisphere or the southern hemisphere?
Southern Hemisphere
Why is the southern hemisphere called the water continent?
The southern hemisphere is sometimes called the "water hemisphere" although that is technically the term for the hemisphere centered on New Zealand that has the maximum water area of any half of the Earth.The majority of the continents are clustered in the northern hemisphere which means that the southern hemisphere has more water area than the northern hemisphere (both hemispheres still have more water than land area).A continent is a land mass and conflating the term water and land would be nonsense.
What hemisphere has more water northern or southern?
the southern hemisphere has more water
Which hemisphere has the most water area?
The Southern hemisphere has more water than the Northern hemisphere.
Is there more water in northern or southern hemisphere?
The Southern Hemisphere has more area of water then the Northern Hemisphere.
Which hemisphere has more water notern or southern?
The southern hemisphere has more water than the northern hemisphere.
Which hemisphere has more water southern or northern?
The Southern Hemisphere contains the most water
What hemisphere has more water the South or North hemisphere?
The southern hemisphere has more water! :)The southern hemisphere has water on 81% of its surface and the northern hemisphere has water on only 61% of its surface.The southern hemisphere has more water than the northern hemisphere because the northern hemisphere has the continent of Asia in it which takes up a lot of space.
Does the northern or southern hemisphere have more water?
The southern hemisphere has more water due to its larger ocean area. The southern hemisphere is made up of about 80% water, while the northern hemisphere is made up of about 60% water.
What is half the earth between the equator and south pole called?
That's called the Earth's "southern hemisphere".
