Different regions, a poetic way of referencing the the southeastern USA (generally the former
confederate states).
Can also refer to a region of southern New
Zealand filled with fjords, glaciers and rain forests. The New Zealand one is a genuine regional name rather than a poetic reference and is on the opposite side of the country as
Northland (in the north) another genuine regional name.
For the first: Down here in
the southland on the
farms.
For the second: Tomorrow I'm going to the southland
district to see the forests and fjords.