·Does water go down the drain counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern?

Question

Hemisphere?

Answer 1

I recently heard that the toilet flushing thing is a myth because it just depends on which way the toilet company decided to make the water swirl. hold on, let me see how the water naturally flows here, I'm closer to the equator but in the northern hem. Three times it went straight down, once I got a counter clockwise swirl

Answer 2

Water goes down the drain whichever way it wants to in either hemisphere. The direction is affected by the shape of the container and the currents in the water. Coriolis, at one revolution per day, is not powerful enough to overcome these factors.

That being said, Coriolis is proportional to the sine of the latitude which means it is strongest at the poles and zero at the equator. If you had a large tank of water at the poles with the water still enough and you removed the plug carefully so as not to disturb the water, it is probable that the water would spiral through the hole mostly anticlockwise at the north pole and clockwise at the south pole.

But for everyday conditions, forget it! Water goes both ways in both hemispheres.

Answer 3

Yes!!! Having been in both hemis[heres of the world, Britain and New Zealand, I have observed it in action.
Water drains counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and vice versa in the southern hemisphere.
Meteorogical depressions also do the same.
It is due to the Coriolis effect.

Answer 4

precisely on the equator, i might say that it would in basic terms drain at present down without supplying a spin to the water. The Coriolis result's what motives the water (and climate phenomenon like hurricanes, tornados, and so on.) to spin a undeniable way. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, in relation to lavatories, the engineering will in many cases dictate the water drains whilst flushing (water compelled in a undeniable direction to assist in flushing).

Answer 5

Yes it does this is because the spinning of the earth and it is hard to imagine but if you think about when you crass the equator you become upside down (silly i know) and that is why the spinning diction changes. it is also true that if you stand on the equator (give or take a few feet) the water doesn't spin at all it goes straight down which is a strange and interesting thing to witness.

Answer 6

Myth! Just move the water with your hand or finger (or with your rubber duck if you want) either way, and the water will go down that way. The 'Coriolis Effect' does is less effective than the way your bath is made.

Answer 7

Just checked.....clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Answer 8

Experiments say no. The coriolis effect is not powerful enough to work on such a small scale.

Answer 9

haha i'm in the sothern hemishere and it went both ways!!! like on one side of the plug it went clock wise in a semicirce and n the opposite it went the other way... and the toilet is being stupid and not flushing properlly... plus the water just goes everywhere!! not in a circle!!!

Answer 10

Yes, due to the spinning of the earth. Think it's called the pareto effect.