Water tend to move in clockwise in above Equator and C/Clockwise below equator, is it true?

Answer 1

It's true. It's called the coreolis effect.

Answer 2

A popular misconception is that the Coriolis effect determines the direction in which bathtubs or toilets drain, and whether water always drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the other direction in the Southern Hemisphere. In reality, the Coriolis effect is a few orders of magnitude smaller than other random influences on drain direction, such as the geometry of the sink, toilet, or tub; whether it is flat or tilted; and the direction in which water was initially added to it.

If one takes great care to create a flat circular pool of water with a small, smooth drain; to wait for eddies caused by filling it to die down; and to remove the drain from below (or otherwise remove it without introducing new eddies into the water) – then it is possible to observe the influence of the Coriolis effect in the direction of the resulting vortex.

Answer 3

All are discussing this ques in a narrow scale of home experiments. In a large scale case as is with vortices in the draining of lakes ( or any large bodies of water ) through the chinks in their bed due to earth quake or so,I think the answer is yes.

Answer 4

Yes it's true. Look at the water in your plug hole when emptying. On the equator the water pours in straight with no whirlpool effect!

http://merlin.alfred.edu/toot/geo109/presentations/Second%20presentations/group%204/how.html

Answer 5

Yes, it's called the Coriolis affect.

Answer 6

True. I was in Africa at the equator and witnessed this experiment with my own eyes.....

Answer 7

Yes it true, and also it is true with tropical storms, storms in the southern hemisphere are counterclockwise.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

No, its an urban myth.