How many rivers flow north

The direction a river flows varies depending on the steepness of terrain and other local factors. Even some rivers whose general flow is southward have stretches in which a bend may take it from south to north.

The Missouri flows northward for miles through Montana -- it was probably looking for a Stuckey's -- before bending east and then southeast to meet up with the Mississippi. So why do we think north-flowing rivers are so rare?

NASA's theory is that "Part of the answer is probably related to our geographic chauvinism and our lack of curiosity -- we don't know much or care about distant places.

Of course, that last little remark is only going to incur the wrath of local chauvinists: The Mon is a major river as far as we're concerned, just as the Yough is a major river as far as McKeesport is concerned.

I've even heard it said that the Mon's northerly direction helped make Pittsburgh a key stop on the Underground Railroad -- it was a convenient way to escape the border state of West Virginia, as any right-thinking person would want to whether they were slaves or not.

So while the really key waterways -- the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio, for example -- all just happen to head south, the fact remains that Pittsburgh just isn't that unique. Not everyone can boast of the kind of toxicity levels the Mon has, of course, but in terms of its northward course, we're just not that big a deal. We still have Sophie, of course. And I'm not even going to tell you about the other cities that use parking chairs.

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Since the direction of flow is influenced mostly by topography, some headwaters or sources mountains are located to the south of the mouth or destination. In this case, the river will flow in a northerly direction. The truth is that the two rivers are examples of the many rivers that flow northwards.

However, the exact number of the northward-flowing rivers has not been established. In the US, at least 48 rivers in 16 states flow north, including nine in Alaska and eight in Washington. According to some sources, South America has the highest number of northward-flowing rivers.

Rivers flow downhill from their source, and usually the source is somewhere in the mountains located north of the river's mouth. However, if the source happens to be south of the mouth, the river then naturally flows in a northward direction. Some well-known rivers in the United States that run north include the St.

Geologists state that prior to the Ice Age, this river flowed in a southerly direction.