Co-Authored By:
Asked by: Shengjie Gentili
style and fashion natural and organic beautyHow do toilets flush in Australia?
Just so, do toilets flush the opposite way in Australia?
The effect makes objects on the Earth curve when they should go straight, and it's why some people insist that toilet bowls flush in the opposite direction on the southern hemisphere than in the northern hemisphere. But if you've tried to make that happen when visiting Australia, you've probably been disappointed.
Simply so, do toilets flush the other way in the Southern Hemisphere?
It is a commonly held misconception that toilet water always drains counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere because of the Coriolis force an acceleration imparted by the Earth's rotation.
Likewise, the rotation of the earth gives rise to an effect that tends to accelerate draining water in a clockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern. Here's the catch, though. Coriolis forces are best observed at a large scale; toilet water, in so many ways, is small-scale.