The water from the rivers in the southern hemisphere goes south too?

Answer 1

Rivers flow in all directions, from high point down to a low point.

Answer 2

The direction of a river has no bearing on which hemisphere it resides. As others have explained water travels in the path of least resistance.

There is unique area close to my home located in north central Pennsylvania where 3 headwaters of 3 different rivers get their origins and travel into 3 very distinctly different areas of the North American continent. One is the Susquehanna, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay Area. One is the Genesee, which incidently flows north into Lake Ontario into ultimately the St. Lawrence Seaway, into the north Atlantic. And lastly the Alleghany, which meets the Monagahela into the Ohio River at Pittsburgh Pa which eventually meets the Mississippi which goes into the Gulf of Mexico. 3 rivers, 3 different directions, all seeking the path of least resistance.

Answer 3

Water in the Northern Hemisphere does not travel south, it simply travels down as a result of gravity. The water in the Southern Hemisphere follows these same principles.

Answer 4

The direction that water flows has nothing to do with if they are in the northern or southern hemisphere. Rivers begin upstream, usually as little tributaries on mountain slopes and are fed by other tributaries as they wind their way down to wards the nearest oceans or lakes below. Gravity and the gradient of the land is what decide their direction.

Boaz.

Answer 5

Nope. The direction of river flow depends on the point of origin & the direction of the gradient of the land the river passes through to reach the seas, oceans or lakes.

For example, the Amazon river flows eastward, the Orinoco & the Nile flow northwards. The Ob river flows northwards, etc

Answer 6

the water from the rivers in the southern hemisphere goes south too.not necessarily all the rivers flow in the south but in the last it tend to go in the south,because of the depth of oceans.
All Tectonic Plates moves towards the North Hemisphere leaving a big gap behind.here the water seeks equilibrium to maintain its surface level.that's why it is so.

Answer 7

Water rolls down hill in any direction. The Nile actually flows north!

Answer 8

Water follows the steepest negative force gradient having the least resistance. Just like everything else that isn't alive, and some things that are.

Answer 9

water in rivers go down hill foo, not towards magnetic north or south

Answer 10

Huh?
Rivers run from high ground to low ground, and eventually the sea. That'll be gravity.