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How does a river flow up and down?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes, I think I see what you are getting at: The only thing that affects the flow of a river is gravity. Put simply water flows downhill. But because water is a fluid the graviational effect of the moon causes tidal flow which has an effect which we see in estuaries, that is rivers where they enter the sea. In aeas of the earth which have a small tidal range rivers do not have estuaries they form deltas....

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