Representació geogràfica de l'hemisferi occidental L'Hemisferi Occidental és un terme geogràfic[ 1] [ 2] per a la meitat de la Terra que es troba a l'oest del meridià principal (que creua Greenwich , Londres , Regne Unit ) i l'est de l'antimeridià . L'altra meitat s'anomena hemisferi oriental .[ 3]
Com a exemple de totum pro parte , el govern dels Estats Units utilitza àmpliament el terme Hemisferi Occidental per significar les Amèriques .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
↑ Olson , Judy M. Matching the map projection to the need . Cartography and Geographic Information Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, 1997. «Projecting the hemisphere» .
- Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary . 3rd. Merriam-Webster, 2001, p. 1294. «Western Hemisphere»
↑ Oxford Dictionary of English . 2a edició. Oxford University Press , 2006, p. 2001. - Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary . based on Collegiate vol., 11th. Merriam-Webster, 2006. «Western /western%20hemisphere»
↑ Western Hemisphere .
↑ Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs , United States Department of State .
↑ Western Hemisphere , United States Department of the Treasury .
↑ Western Hemisphere , Office of the United States Trade Representative .
↑ Joe Biden: The Western Hemisphere Needs U.S. Leadership , Americas Quarterly , 17 December 2018.
↑ Western Hemisphere , United States Department of Justice .
↑ Western Hemisphere , United States Department of Agriculture .
↑ Western Hemisphere Arxivat 2020-06-21 a Wayback Machine ., United States Fish and Wildlife Service .
↑ Western Hemisphere Arxivat 2020-04-05 a Wayback Machine ., Fulbright Program .