Show Mississippi's Mouth at Sea Level Source Above According to Stimpson's Popular Questions Answered there are certain certain cere tain small streams which occasionally occasionally occasion occasion- ally reverse the direction of their currents One example Is given the river Crossing a small stream In Penobscot county Maine this stream sometimes flows south and sometimes north depending on the flood conditions In the and Kenduskeag rivers which it con cone The same authority deals eala with the common belief that the river in Venezuela sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times reverses the current direction direction tion but this Wa Is stated to be Incorrect The question Is often asked with regard to the Mississippi the idea being that because the earth bulges at the center and is fa flattened toward the poles the mouth of that river 1 Is about four miles farther than its Ita source from the center of the th earth In measuring elevations however all aU of these are referred to sea level not not to the earths earth's center Surface measurements have shown hown the Mississippi's source to bo be several hundred feet above tea sea level lev left el 1 while its ita mouth Is at sea level Ivl Q |