Clark & ED, both great responses. I'm not making light of this, but in fact the Coriolis affects the "movement" of water in every regard. If you were to run a faucet or flush a toilet in the southern hemisphere, it would "go down the drain" in clockwise fashion, as opposed to the northern hemisphere, where hurricanes as well as water drains rotate in counter-clockwise fashion. An excellent recent example was Hurricane Catarina in Brazil...spun clockwise...quite different to what we are used to seeing up here. Also, any of the Southern Hemisphere (Australia et al) storms. Pretty amazing scientific phenomenon, huh?

If one runs water down the drain at the equator, does it rotate? (Serious question).

Cheers,

LI Phil