How to Use southern hemisphere in a Sentence

southern hemisphere

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Definition of southern hemispherenext
  • About 60% of that area is in the Moon’s southern hemisphere.
    — Sid Perkins, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The two stars can be seen with the naked eye on dark, clear nights in the southern hemisphere.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 May 2020
  • Its the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest night in the southern hemisphere.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
  • In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This is timed to coincide with the flush of green grass that comes with the southern hemisphere’s spring.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The crater lies at a high latitude in the moon's southern hemisphere.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2020
  • This is the same (or opposite?) for those in the southern hemisphere.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
  • Young wines from this year in the southern hemisphere would also do.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
  • In the northern hemisphere, the days will now get shorter and the nights longer, while in the southern hemisphere the days will now get longer and the nights shorter.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • In the southern hemisphere, the solstices are reversed.
    — Tom Metcalfe /, NBC News, 20 June 2018
  • In the southern hemisphere, the last of the harvest clings to the vines and birds begin their northern migration.
    — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Redfield said the spread of the virus in the southern hemisphere gives him concern about a second wave at the end of 2020 in the northern hemisphere.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 22 May 2020
  • Last year flu cases dropped across the southern hemisphere.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Just outside Rotorua, in Te Puia, is the largest active geyser in the southern hemisphere.
    — Johanna Read, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • On this same day, those living down in the southern hemisphere will see their summer solstice: the longest day of the year.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Right now Neptune’s southern hemisphere is in the middle of a four-decade-long summer.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The telescope picked up on the signature of water molecules in one of the largest craters in the moon’s southern hemisphere in 2020.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • By studying countries in the southern hemisphere, researchers saw the effects of the virus worsen in the fall and winter.
    — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2020
  • One guide is the flu strains circulating in the southern hemisphere.
    — OregonLive.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Those who want to tune in can watch the meteor shower from the northern and southern hemispheres, NASA said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Finally, the moon phase display at 6 o’clock shows the position of the moon in the northern and southern hemispheres.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Apesteguia said never before has such a thyreophoran been dug up anywhere in the southern hemisphere.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • One small glimmer of hope comes from the southern hemisphere: Flu cases were at historic lows this year.
    — Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2020
  • In the southern hemisphere, in places like Australia and South Africa, winter flu season came and went without a trace.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Although those living in the southern hemisphere will have the best views of Jupiter, people all over the world will be able to enjoy the spectacle.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
  • That also means: covetable street style, just in time as summer in the southern hemisphere is coming to an end this month.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Vikram was set to land on a plateau between the Simpelius N and Manzinus C craters, and would have been the first spacecraft to land on the moon’s southern hemisphere.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2019
  • This includes countries like Brazil and Australia in the southern hemisphere.
    — Amy Gunia, Time, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Without the current in working order, temperatures could plunge in the northern hemisphere and rise rapidly in the southern hemisphere.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The disease has a pattern according to the seasons: The majority of cases in the southern hemisphere occur in the first part of the year, and the majority of cases in the northern hemisphere occur in the second half.
    — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 25 June 2024

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