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Name the four hemispheres of the Earth.
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Solution
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere.
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Concept of Latitudes
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Chapter 2.2: Globe - Exercise [Page 185]
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