I have some questions about topography: Which direction is a river likely to flow, and where would fords be?

Answer 1

Rivers flow to lower elevation (they flow downhill).
Fords are narrowing of a river that makes crossing the river easier - but a ford can't be too deep or the river moving too fast in that location.
So a ford will form when the river is moving relatively slowly (such as on a plain with very little difference in elevation) and where the river has narrowed due to harder rock in one location preventing the river from spreading horizontally, or due to the river turning and depositing sediment on the inward curve as the water on the inside slows down to go around the curve.

Answer 2

rivers flow downwards - always.
Fords are places were the water is shallow enough to wade or drive through it. They are the cheapest way of a river crossing.
I cannot agree that fords will form where the riverbed get narrow - the water level will be higher there as a certain amount of water will have to pass through a smaller diameter.
I also don't think that river bends are good fords - it is true that sediments gather in the inner side of the bend but on the outer side the river flows much faster and sediment gets washedd away so that the river is deep there and flows faster.
So places where river is wider than normal and/or the river bed is harder than usual will be places were to find a ford.
Fords are often known for a very long time and many towns have been built on fords. Town names ending with -ford (or -furt in German) come from this.

Answer 3

a river is most likey to flow south... except for 2 rivers... the Amazon and the Nile

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Answer 4

all water trys to go to the ocean.

Answer 5

always flow downwards...