2007-03-22 06:46:42 · 13 answers · asked by lloydshaq 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
No. All rivers flow downhill, except in extremely rare and temporary circumstances, but downhill can be in any direction.
The Nile, for example, flows north for most of its length.
2007-03-22 06:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by darth_logical 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. There are numerous rivers that flow other directions and contrary to what "Midnight" said previously they DO NOT ALL FLOW toward the equator. The Nile River is a perfect example of this -- it is definitely north of the equator and definitely flows north to the Mediterranean. One of the rivers in Florida flows north also.
Generally (as simple as it may seem) rivers flow from the high area where they start "downhill" to the nearest large body of water. For example, rivers in the western U.S. (i.e., those west of the Continental Divide in the Rockies) generally all flow to the Pacific Ocean eventually. Those east of the Appalachians, generally flow to the east to the Atlantic Ocean. The rivers in between the Rockies and the Appalachians eventually flow south to the Gulf of Mexico.
In just about any situation you may find rivers flowing for a short time in the opposite direction of what one might consider the proper direction (for example, the Tennessee River curves around to the north before emptying into the Ohio which flow generally southwest into the Mississippi which generally flows south), but basically they flow from the mountain area to the nearest ocean or large water body.
2007-03-22 20:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Nile, Willamette, Deschutes, and John Day rivers flow north. The Amazon flows east. The Columbia flows north, then south, then west. There are many others.
2007-03-22 13:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by Isaac Laquedem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well everyone has already mentioned the Nile and indeed this is the perfect example, funnily if you where an Egyptian living back then and thought the Nile was flowing south all along you would be right according to the Egyptians around you!!! They believed it was flowing south this is why they named LowerEgypt,LOWER EGYPT when it was actualy above Upper Egypt which was actually below Lower Egypt... Then again what really is south?? and What really is North?? The Earth is just a big ball anyway and you try finding south and North on a marble its all relative!!
2007-03-22 18:24:12 · answer #4 · answered by AlessioItalianoBismillah 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not really, because some areas of the world have pathways where the river flows could be in different directions. its also depending on which way the mountains are form.
2007-03-22 20:42:00 · answer #5 · answered by Nes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. The Nile is a perfect example of this, it flows North.
2007-03-22 14:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by Hollywood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.
I live in the island of Puerto Rico and the rivers runs in almost any direction.
2007-03-22 21:27:23 · answer #7 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -- many in Europe and Asia flow north
2007-03-22 13:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is really werid but yall never thought about this. all rivers flow towards the equater. there only is one river in the us that dont. and its the tennessee river. it flows from north to south back to north. but all rivers flow towards the equater its a cool fact to know.
2007-03-22 15:45:20 · answer #9 · answered by midnight78dhs 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Nope they flow whatever direction downhill is..
2007-03-22 13:50:26 · answer #10 · answered by ian 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋