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Actually you are wrong, its vise versa, hot water rises and cold water sinks. This is because when water molecules gain energy, they become hot. Molecules try to move away from one another. And this leads to reduction in density. Since density of water reduces as it becomes hot, how water moves up and cold water sinks down.

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