2006-11-08 15:58:06 · 10 answers · asked by A. G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No they do not. Or if they do, it is not due to the Coriolis Effect . The Effect is only effective on a large scale, like the ocean. Your toilet bowl is far too small for the Coriolis Effect to do anything to it, so if it does flow the opposite way, it is due to the structure of the toilet and which way the water enters the bowl.
2006-11-08 16:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do flush the opposite way south of the equator well in Australia anyway take care
2006-11-08 16:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by robbie3839 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sure, i trust it does. I were given this from some guy's internet website. study on... "they'd 3 sinks. One set up right away over the equator and the others some meters on both area of the equator only a touch in each and each and every hemisphere. each and each and every sink replaced into full of water. even as the plug replaced into pulled on the sink contained in the Northern Hemisphere the water turned around contained in the final (to me) clockwise route. even as the plug replaced into pulled on contained in the sink contained in the Southern Hemisphere the water turned around the different route in a counterclockwise route. are you able to wager what befell to the water contained in the sink right away over the equator? locate the answer on the end of this letter. We again decrease back to our room on the bus and can want to not wait to flush the rest room and watch the water circle contained in the different route to what we were used to. answer:The water contained in the sink right away over the equator did not circle in both route, yet fairly, drained immediately down." ~~Amy
2016-11-28 22:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO - this is one of those urban legends - probably originated in the Coriolis effect in the atmosphere.
2006-11-08 16:35:53 · answer #4 · answered by Scarp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an urban legend.
2006-11-08 16:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. And on the equator they go straight down... no spin at all!
2006-11-08 16:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, they do, it is because of the Coriolis Effect
2006-11-08 15:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no -- that is an urban legend
2006-11-08 17:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-11-08 16:05:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/coriolis-understanding.htm
http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ems.psu.edu%2F%7Efraser%2FBad%2FBadCoriolis.html
2006-11-08 16:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by ladyw900ldriver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋