River Flows

No matter where a river is located, it will take the path of least resistance and flow downhill as rapidly as possible. | The truth is that rivers (like all other objects on Earth) flow downhill due to gravity. | A common misconception about rivers is that they all flow south. | Sometimes that path is south but it is just as likely to be north, east, west, or some other direction in between. | Perhaps some people think that all rivers flow toward the equator or that rivers like to flow down toward the bottom of north-oriented maps.