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Every point on a 'line' of latitude has the same latitude, no matter what its east or

west longitude may be. So you would expect any 'line' of latitude to circle the Earth

at a constant distance from the equator and the poles.

The 'line' itself doesn't necessarily proceed in either direction, but if you travel

along a 'line' of latitude and stay on it at every step you take, then you must be

traveling toward either the east or the west.

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