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The truth about toilet swirl - southern hemisphere
This video demonstrates the Coriolis effect. However, explains that much of what we see in terms of rotating water in either the northern or southern hemispheres is mostly due to other angular momentum sources in the body of the water.
An explanation of the Coriolis effect uses a scientific model (thought experiment). Weather systems and their motion is then discussed using these ideas.
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