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• n  the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
• r  toward the south

• In Central America, a half-dozen specks capable of landing on either land or water progressed southwards in hops and jumps.
• It began in the far north of Nigeria and moved steadily southwards as we were driven out of place after place.

• south
• due south
• southward
• S
• southerly

News & Articles

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• Insight: After lost decades, hopes rise for Congo dam to power Africa
  By Pete Jones INGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Deep in the bowels of the giant Inga hydroelectric dam that straddles the mighty Congo river stands a fading map named "The motorways of electric power from Inga". From a dot in western Democratic Republic of Congo, lines extend across the African continent. They run southwards through Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and northwards ...
  Nov. 27, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Himesh Reshammiya in nowRunning.com
  But seriously Kamal-ji is such a legend. He is the only reason why I have chosen to go southwards at a time when I have so much on my plate in Bollywood. A film featuring Kamal Haasan can't be dubbed a regional film,Reshammiya told...
• Achim Steiner in Taipei Times
  It illustrates and demonstrates what is increasingly becoming a global concern,UNEP executive director Achim Steiner said. "It doesn't take a genius to work out that as the desert moves southwards there is a physical limit to what...
• Liam Donaldson in guardian.co.uk
  We are starting to see the disease creep [southwards] down the country,explained Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer. "We don't understand why so many [are in critical care now]."