According to this map of the Charles River: http://www.crwa.org/index.html?search.htm&2
It appears to flow north toward Boston. Would someone please explain to me why the river flows in this direction?
2007-09-05 09:52:36 · 4 answers · asked by lola 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
yep, rivers flow downhill, even if that is north, which is "up" on a map.......the biggest example is the Nile in Africa; it runs from the Ethiopian highlands thru Egypt to the Med Sea, even though this is "up" on a map.
In the case of the Charles, it is indeed higher elevation in Newton and Dedham than in Boston, so the Charles flows downhill through Newton Upper Falls, Lower Falls Water-town then into the Back Bay and Boston Harbor
2007-09-06 02:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an expert on the Charles river, but I assume that the water is flowing to a lower elevation due to gravity. But I'm no physicist and i'm quite sure there isn't a grand unified theory that includes gravity yet. So really I don't think that anybody knows WHY the river flows north, it just does. :)
2007-09-05 10:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by pr_ism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
must be downhill all the way ......duh!
what's N S E and W got to do with rivers they don't care
which direction as long as it's DOWN
2007-09-05 10:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
complex situation. check out onto the search engines. it will help!
2014-12-08 19:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋