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To: TexasAg
Um, a majority of Spain is in the western hemisphere. Am I missing something?

No, Spain is in Europe. You need a new globe.

97 posted on 09/23/2008 10:58:19 AM PDT by E. Cartman (Welcome to The People's Republic of Wall Street.)
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To: E. Cartman
No, Spain is in Europe. You need a new globe.

The Western Hemisphere is defined as the half of the earth west of the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), right? The majority of Spain is west of the prime meridian, placing it in the western hemisphere.
98 posted on 09/23/2008 11:02:42 AM PDT by TexasAg
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