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The land hemisphere, sometimes capitalized as the Land Hemisphere, is the hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest possible area of land. It is centered on 47°13′N 1°32′W / 47.217°N 1.533°W / 47.217; -1.533 (near the city of Nantes, France).[1][2] The other half of the Earth is the water hemisphere.
The land hemisphere has seven eighths of the land on the Earth,[1] including Europe, Africa, North America, most of Asia and most of South America. Europe is at the center of the land hemisphere. However, even in the land hemisphere, the ocean area is still bigger than the land area -- there is no hemisphere of Earth where the land area is bigger than the ocean area.
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