OK, let’s have a look at the next of the 200 reasons the
world isn’t a globe…
4) Rivers run down to sea-level finding the easiest course,
North, South, East, West and all other intermediary directions over the Earth
at the same time. If Earth were truly a spinning ball then many of these rivers
would be impossibly flowing uphill, for example the Mississippi in its 3000
miles would have to ascend 11 miles before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
5) One portion of the Nile River flows for a thousand miles
with a fall of only one foot. Parts of the West African Congo, according to the
supposed inclination and movement of the ball-Earth, would be sometimes running
uphill and sometimes down. This would also be the case for the Parana, Paraguay
and other long rivers.
I’m going to tackle these two together to avoid repeating
myself. Rivers are carried by gravity down to the seas, and they flow downhill.
But, if the Earth is curved, then surely they might also be flowing uphill (up the
curve of the Earth). The answer here isn’t too complicated. The Earth’s land
surfaces are distinctly not flat. They fold up into mountains, dip into valleys.
These changes can be significantly more dramatic than the curve of the Earth,
and so water will follow these curves and changes in the surface of the Earth
when determining it’s path rather than the curvature of the Earth.
When it comes to long rivers, the same applies. The West
African Congo is long, but the local geography means that the curvature of the
Earth is kind of rendered unimportant because it is negated by the slopes and
valleys around the river itself.
As always, this is an explanation based on the science I
have been taught and understand, so if you have any corrections they are always
welcome 😊
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