This is a difficult question to answer. Historically, the lines were much clearer. Today, "the South" is shrinking more and more all the time. Areas that were geographically part of the South broke away to support the Union, notably West Virginia but also many parts of Kentucky as well while areas that were geographically part of the North were openly sympathetic to the South, like Delaware which supplied many more Confederate troops than it did Union. Other areas were split right down the middle such as Texas and Missouri. Today, the idea of "the South" is generally restricted to "the Deep South" - rural Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Louisiana, parts of Texas, parts of Florida but also a good portion of Maryland and Kentucky as well. In this modern world with television and the internet, "southern" culture has in many cases become indistinguishable from the culture of the US in general. Today, "southerness" is a concept reserved for manners and food while the influence of the North has spread from sea to sea.
North begins at the Equator - most maps placing North toward the upper portion and South ends at the South Pole (having begun on the lower side of a normal map at the Equator).
Geography is actually a word derived from another having to do with the shape/curvature of Planet Earth.
The equator. Anywhere north of the equator is north and anywhere south of the equator is south.
If you're talking about the USA, I have no idea.
If you're talking about North and South America then South America begins on the Panama-Columbian border.
If you're talking about England, then it depends on whether you are a southerner or a northerner. Southerners think the north begins at Watford Gap Service station on the M1 going north.
Northerners probably think the south is anywhere south of Cheshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside.
If you are referring specifically to the United States the answer is the Mason-Dixon Line.
Literally, the Mason-Dixon Line demarcated state boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony and parts of Virginia Colony in colonial North America and between their successor-state members of the United States.
Symbolically, the line became the boundary between the North and South, particularly with respect to slavery. Pennsylvania abolished slavery early while Delaware and Maryland remained slave states until the American Civil War. In this sense, the "line" continued westward down the Ohio River to its confluence with the Mississippi River, then along the latter river to the northern boundary of Missouri.
Lomax - Watford Gap services is some miles north of Watford itself.I'd put the end of the South at Watford. One friend of mine puts it at the northern end of Tottenham Court Road...
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This is a difficult question to answer. Historically, the lines were much clearer. Today, "the South" is shrinking more and more all the time. Areas that were geographically part of the South broke away to support the Union, notably West Virginia but also many parts of Kentucky as well while areas that were geographically part of the North were openly sympathetic to the South, like Delaware which supplied many more Confederate troops than it did Union. Other areas were split right down the middle such as Texas and Missouri. Today, the idea of "the South" is generally restricted to "the Deep South" - rural Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Louisiana, parts of Texas, parts of Florida but also a good portion of Maryland and Kentucky as well. In this modern world with television and the internet, "southern" culture has in many cases become indistinguishable from the culture of the US in general. Today, "southerness" is a concept reserved for manners and food while the influence of the North has spread from sea to sea.
North begins at the Equator - most maps placing North toward the upper portion and South ends at the South Pole (having begun on the lower side of a normal map at the Equator).
Geography is actually a word derived from another having to do with the shape/curvature of Planet Earth.
Actually the North begins at the North Pole and the South ends at the South Pole.
The equator. Anywhere north of the equator is north and anywhere south of the equator is south.
If you're talking about the USA, I have no idea.
If you're talking about North and South America then South America begins on the Panama-Columbian border.
If you're talking about England, then it depends on whether you are a southerner or a northerner. Southerners think the north begins at Watford Gap Service station on the M1 going north.
Northerners probably think the south is anywhere south of Cheshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside.
If you are referring specifically to the United States the answer is the Mason-Dixon Line.
Literally, the Mason-Dixon Line demarcated state boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony and parts of Virginia Colony in colonial North America and between their successor-state members of the United States.
Symbolically, the line became the boundary between the North and South, particularly with respect to slavery. Pennsylvania abolished slavery early while Delaware and Maryland remained slave states until the American Civil War. In this sense, the "line" continued westward down the Ohio River to its confluence with the Mississippi River, then along the latter river to the northern boundary of Missouri.
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The North begins at the 49th Parallel, otherwise known as the US-Canadian border.
Hence Canada being known as The Great White North for its fearsome winters.
And Canada's national anthem which contains the line, "The True North, Strong and Free".
Lomax - Watford Gap services is some miles north of Watford itself.I'd put the end of the South at Watford. One friend of mine puts it at the northern end of Tottenham Court Road...
Watford Gap Services.
The Mason-Dixon line and the Ohio River.
Lisbon, the River Tagus.