They are two different regions which share a border between Bahia (NE) and Minas Gerais + Espírito Santo (SE).
They are compass directions.
Northeast-southwest directions would be pointing towards the corners of a compass rose if northeast is at the top and southwest is at the bottom. In terms of physical geography, this could refer to regions, locations, or orientations that lie between the northeast and southwest coordinates on a map.
The northeast of Africa and the southwest of Asia.
both or northeast or southwest
The cardinal directions on the compass rose are North, South, East and West. The primary intermediate directions are those between two adjacent cardinal directions. They are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. Directions between a cardinal direction and one of the four primary intermediate directions can also be named. For example, the direction between North and Northeast is North Northeast (as in "north of northeast"), and that between Northeast and East is East Northeast (as in "east of northeast").
For example, north-east is halfway between north and east.
they are called intermediate points!
Northeast.
southwest
is the sonoran desert located in the southwest or the northeast part of the u.s.
The cast of Northeast Southwest - 2004 includes: James Favata as himself
They're called "ordinal directions": northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.