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