rivers that flow south to north...

funkymoped | 06:38 Fri 30th Jun 2006 | How it Works

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i know a few of them do exist, but ive got no idea where they are or their names...
would appreciate any information.....
thanks in advance ! :-)

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Quizmonster

The Nile is probably the major one of those.

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nice one quizmonster...
3 minutes is impressive !!

JudgeJ

The Medina on the Isle of Wight is a far less impressive example. It rises in the hills just north of Blackgang towards the south coast and flows northwards through Newport, emptying into the Solent at Cowes. It is only about 12 miles long.

whiffey

There must be quite a lot surely ? Anything along the north coast of the West Country for example, the Parrett, the Torridge, the Camel

chakka35

What is so special about a river's flowing south to north? A river flows from high ground to low, which can be in any direction. Surely funkymoped doesn't think that south to north means flowing uphill!

ugly_bob

the ouse

ugly_bob

sorry the River Great Ouse

JudgeJ

A couple of days ago somebody asked if it was possible to swim uphill. I suppose this must be related to that!

Quizmonster

Several major rivers of northern Canada, such as the Mackenzie, flow basically northwards, too, Funky.

dzug

The Great Ouse flows west to east, surely? OK maybe not the last few miles but for most of its length

atoach

I would have thought the Trent flowed northwards for most of its course, then there's all those rivers in Russia that flow into the Arctic Ocean, like the Ob and the Lena, and the Rhine ...

funkymoped

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thanks peeps..
didnt realise there was a need to give a reason for asking a question, but i will.. :-)
nothing to do with swimming up hill.
the majority of rivers flow N-S.
only a very small percentage run S-N !!

I just wanted to know the ones that run S-N...

no other reason.. :-)

mibn2cweus

rivers that flow north

atoach

Hello again. That site seems very USAcentric. The Seine flows pretty much north, or north-west, too. Is it really true that the vast majority flow the other way ?
Sorry, I can't underline or italicise "vast majority "any more, but please consider it italicised.