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Mr Peanut
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On an inclined sheet of clean glass (or Teflon, or a simonized car, etc.) a trickle of water flows, not in a straight line, but in a wavy ribbon. It does this rivers too. In fact, in rivers (around here anyway) it usually creates a meander pattern, bending about every 5-7 stream widths.
Why does water move this way? Is it a Coriolis effect, a molecular interaction, ...?
Why does water move this way? Is it a Coriolis effect, a molecular interaction, ...?