Is it true that water spirals down the drain in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in the opposite?

Question

in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 1

kind of. it has to do with something called the Coriolis effect which basically has to do with way the earth is spinning. the closer you are to the poles, the more it has an effect on the water's spin. Imagine a clock you can see through. looking at it normally (north pole) it turns clockwise, but from behind (south pole) it appears to move counterclockwise. when south of the equator, the force appears to be reversed. but even when you are close to the poles, the force of the Coriolis effect is pretty small. In theory this is true. In the real world it does happen, but usually it's not attributed to the Coriolis Effect. it is more likely that the water was already spinning in one direction from the currents formed while the spicket was on, or imperfections in the drain. And don't listen to when people say the toilets go the opposite directions depending on which hemisphere you are in. I believed it too until i realized that my grandma's toilet spiraled in the opposite direction than any other one I've seen. I finally figured out that the reason for it was the holes along the brim are actually angled in one direction to intentionally cause the water to spin one way and hers was angled the opposite of the norm. so yes it is true, sort of. ;)

Answer 2

No dude. The water is going down the drain in however direction you deliver it. maximum lavatories have an outlet that spins the water in a undeniable direction. Ie. it rather is placed on one fringe of the bowl. If it rather is on the spectacular fringe of the bowl, and it sends the water counterclockwise in the Northern hemisphere, the action of the draining water does not be reversed by way of shifting an identical rest room to the southern hemisphere. This rationalization (as this sort of excellent variety of alternative's do) demands a short qualification. there is an infinitely small impression exerted on the water by way of not in basic terms the spin of the earth, yet additionally the moons place (and the solar's place, and the region or your nuts). in an identical way those impacts can not triumph over the preliminary spinning of the water, in case you ought to do away with all different impacts (vibrations, make the water definitely nevertheless, do not set in in action in any respect), and u had sufficient time (possibly a million year), and a correct sufficient measuring gadget (say... God?), then particular, the water might spin opposite from North to South hemisphere. yet.. in basic terms stay at school.

Answer 3

Not only is the Earth's rotation too weak to affect the direction of water flowing in a drain, tests you can easily perform in a few washrooms will show that water whirlpools both ways depending on the sink's structure, not the hemisphere.

Answer 4

i'm not sure in what division of the earth it is... but in one half the earth the water spirals one way and on the other half of the earth it goes the opposite direction.

Answer 5

yes. i know people who have travel and confirmed it. did you also know that cyclones/hurricanes travel in opposite directions depending on which hemisphere they're in. its all caused by the centrifugal forces made when the earth spins on its axis.

Answer 6

No .. but you can make it by the way you pour the water down the plug hole

Answer 7

lol I don't think so. On the simpsons it showed that for the toilets. My toilet doesn't spin the water around though. lol

Answer 8

Haha I heard that in a movie once. Hahahaha, I can't remember what movie it was though.

Answer 9

No.