If in the northern hemisphere, water goes down the toilet clockwise and in the southern hemisphere it goes down counterclockwise, then which way does the water flush directly on the equator?
2007-08-19 12:54:30 · 5 answers · asked by Curious Girl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It just swirls one way and then the other. It never really goes down, and stuff keeps sloshing out the sides.
Él remolinos justos unidireccionales y entonces el otro. Nunca realmente va abajo, y la materia guarda el chapotear fuera de los lados.
2007-08-19 13:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The premise of your question is wrong, toilets don't flush one way in the northern hemisphere and another in the south, it's just based on however your toilet was made. Toilets are too small and flush too quickly to be influenced by the rotation of the earth.
On the other hand, if you look at large scale weather processes they do go in different directions north and south of the equator. What happens within 5 degrees or so of the equator is that the low pressure areas get stretched out into long low pressure regions and the wind blows mostly directly into them, there is no rotation.
2007-08-19 20:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by pegminer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
These people make it seem like it's about the toilet, but I know what you're after, or why you are asking. It could have been a sink or funnel for all you care, right? Water drains one way in the Northern hemisphere, and the opposite in the Southern hemisphere. I don't really know, but I would guess that the answer to that would wary, or the direction, rather might vary, depending on the time of year and the earths position in relation to the sun, and the earth's magnetic field. I sure would like to go down there and find out for myself. And that might vary in direction , within the a mile. But, the water has probably got to funnel down one way or the other, in order to get where it's got to go--- Down!!
2007-08-23 19:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by irene k 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No your facts are wrong. That's an old wives' tale. The direction of flow is determined by the shape of the bowl and chance disturbances in the flow.
2007-08-19 20:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes its just he shape of the bowl and residual motion of the water... The diameter of the bowl is much too small for coriolis forces to impact that amount of mass of water.
2007-08-19 20:50:26 · answer #5 · answered by matt p 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋