Does the Nile River Flow Uphill

Rivers always flow downhill. It’s a common misconception that something about the earth forces most rivers to flow south. Plenty of rivers flow north, including the Nile, which gathers from high-elevation lakes in the African Rift Valley.

Which river flows uphill?

Antarctica river There’s a river that flows uphill beneath one of Antarctica’s ice sheets, according to Robin Bell, a professor of geophysics at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.

Why is the Nile the only river that flows north?

Since rivers can’t flow uphill, the Nile cannot take the shorter route east to reach sea level at the Indian Ocean. The only way it can maintain its flow downhill is to flow north, just west of the rift zone’s mountains.