harrydre wrote:AlphDoti wrote:masukuma wrote:harrydre wrote:mimi iko na swali...so if this is how our typical earth looks like....whether upside down or otherwise,
.....then why does River Nile flow towards the North/South Pole while River Mississippi which is on the same hemisphere flows away from the North/South Pole?
the reason water from Lake victoria follows to the Mediterranean is because... Lake victoria is HIGHER than the Mediterranean. Water at the arctic circle is at the same level as the one in the Antarctica. None is "higher"/"upper" than the other. The altitude of the "southest" point on our planet is 2,835 m and the North pole is actually on water so 0m above sea level. Kwa ufupi unless you are mambasani or on a beach somewhere saa hii... i can guarantee you that you are "higher"/"upper" than the North pole. Nairobi's altitude is lower than that of the south pole! Heck if you are living in a city and that city is not La Paz - I am sure YOU ARE LOWER than the South pole.
He (@harrydre) is just acting ignorant... He knows the answer...
Seriously what's the reference point when measuring altitude? Are all seas at the same level? Masukuma's point would make sense if the earth was flat. But now considering the round shaped earth, thus my question why Mississippi flows in the opposite direction to Nile. Also if north pole is lower? Why is it covered in ice yet we know the higher you go the colder it becomes?
Latitude and longitudes are imaginary lines, which have nothing to do with high or low ground level....
Altitudes can tell you high or low areas on the earth surface.
If you want to see which area is lower, and which are higher, you can check out contours... The water, the rivers flow along low area, routing out until lowest point forming lakes, or beyond to the sea.... So it depends of the nature of the ground... The water just follows that. It does not matter north or south...