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What does 40 degrees north latitude mean?

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Imagine that you are at the center of the earth. You are looking straight out at the equator. The equator is 0 degrees latitude. Straight above your head is the north pole, and it is 90 degrees north latitude. With 0 degrees at the equator and 90 degrees straight up, measure 40 degrees up from the equator, and inscribe a circle on the globe's surface. The circle you make on the globe marks 40 degrees north latitude.

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