In which direction does the bathwater empty in Japan?

Question

Is it gifferent to the UK and if so why?

Is it different to the UK and if so why?

if typhoons are turning anti-clockwise as one of my answers states then why does Japan have typhoons if it's in the northern hemisphere?

Answer 1

Everything north of the equator swirls *anticlockwise* (on average): look at the winds around a cyclone that is filling with air. Since Japan and the UK are both in the northern hemisphere the water will swirl anticlockwise. However there may be occasions when the water will swirl clockwise. If the water were to flow smoothly down the plughole an anticlockwise vortex would develop. However there may be irregularities that might cause a clockwise vortex to develop (chaos theory is relevant here). On average though, there will be more anticlockwise vortices than clockwise ones in the northern hemisphere. The effect will be more noticeable the further north you are, so the proportion of anticlockwise vortices will be greater in the UK than in Japan.

Answer 2

It empties downward. The myth about anti clockwise rotation has been disproven as far as bathwater drainage goes. It is true for storms.
However, if it is true, then it swirls the same direction as any other northern hemisphere location. In theory, it is only opposite when you go south of the equator, i.e., the southern hemisphere.
Typhoons are the same as hurricanes, just another name.

Answer 3

Everything north of the equator swirls clockwise (including hurricanes)

Everything sout of the equator swirls counterclockwise (including typhoons which are the same as hurricanes)

It's called Coriolis Force.


Doug

Answer 4

no. It is the same as the uk.

The only difference is south of the equator, it will go down in the opposite direction south of the Equator.

Haven't you ever seen the simpsons?

Answer 5

you must be a fan of Haruki Murakami and his wacky, surrealist type novels.read them!

Answer 6

I think some people are getting a it too ahead of themselves....