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Keep in mind that gravity is not SOUTH pulling on NORTH or vice versa. The reason why the Nile runs south to north is because as the river heads toward the Mediterranean Sea the land gradually declines.

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It does not.

Actually it does. I'm in 6th grade and learning about that.The Nile flows upstream because of gravity.

The majority of the Nile runs south to north because of gravity. However, there are also parts of the river that run north to south, ex. about 200 miles in Sudan. At no point, however, can the river run upstream. Upstream by definition is opposite the flow of the river (Merriam-Webster).

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Gravity - Rivers [water] will always flows from the high point to the low point and in the Nile's case the high point is in the south so it flows north.

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it does because were it starts is high land and were it ends is lower. its highland in the south so it must go downland to the north. Bill

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Rivers can only flow downhill. It just so happens that the higher land between the Nile and the Red Sea, forces the River Nile to flow north and empty into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Gravity.

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