Question

Give reasons :

The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are called land and water hemispheres respectively.

Answer 1

The continents and oceans are however, not evenly distributed in the northern and the southern hemispheres. The northern hemisphere holds 61% of land whereas the southern hemisphere holds 81% of water. It is because of this pattern of land and water distribution, the northern hemisphere is called as the land hemisphere and the southern hemisphere is called the water hemisphere.