It is measured exactly the same in the Southern Hemisphere (no difference between the two hemispheres).
It is the difference between magnetic north and true north and it varies all over the globe.
Magnetic declination (also called magnetic variation) is positive when magnetic north is east of true north (clockwise) and it is negative when magnetic north is west of true north (anti-clockwise).
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The four hemispheres are called the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, and Westhern Hemisphere.
The Equator divides the southern and northern hemisphere.
The world is divided into 4 quarters - western hemisphere, eastern hemisphere, northern hemisphere, and southern hemisphere.
A hemisphere is exactly 1/2 of the earth. We speak of the Western Hemisphere, the Eastern Hemisphere. the Southern Hemisphere, and the Northern Hemisphere.
the hemisphere divides the earth into four different chunks