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southern

noun: the dialect of English spoken in most of the Chesapeake Bay area, the coastal plain and the greater part of the upland plateau in Virginia, North Carolina, 'South' Carolina, and Georgia, and the Gulf states at least as far west as the valley of the Brazos in Texas and sometimes taken to include the south Midland area
adjective: located in or toward the south
adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated South
synonyms: southerner, south, southerly

(..) All mountains everywhere are being worn down by frost, snow and ice. The Alps were raised some million years ago as Africa, drifting northwards, collided with the southern edge of Europe. These spires are the eroded remains of an ancient seabed that once stretched between the two continents. (..)
2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2
(..) from the Equator down to the Antarctic. It formed as the floor of the Pacific Ocean slid beneath the South American continent, buckling its edge. At the southern end stand the mountains of Patagonia. It's high summer, but the Andes have the most unstable mountain weather on the planet (..)
2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2