In a river does the current ever stop?

Question

In a river does the current ever stop?

Answer 1

Normally the water is continuously flowing.  However, currents can stagnate, and even stop for brief periods of time, at dam sites that control the pace of the river.

Answer 2

No a river's current does not stop.

Answer 3

The river through Alice Springs stops every year.In England some streams which dry up in the summer months are called bournes.The flow of the river Severn ,England reverses when the tide comes in .a wave runs up the estuary into the river as far as Gloucester.This is known as the Severn Bore.There are other rivers around the world with bores.

Answer 4

No. The current of the river does not stop because the earth is continously revolving.  

Answer 5

I was going to bring up tidal bores, but since they've been covered, the only reason I can think of that hasn't been mentioned yet is in the case of major earthquakes. In the series of quakes around southern Illinois in 1812, the Mississippi actually flowed backwards briefly a few times.

Answer 6

Yes it does,

Answer 7

Yes it does.

There are rivers which dry out in hot seasons and resume their flow when rain or snow melt provides water to reactivate its current.

Answer 8

A river is a component of the water cycle. The water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff. so no it doesn't stop

Answer 9

A river can not stop because if it stopped it would overflow within an hour.

Answer 10

Well it must, because some coastal rivers actually run *backward* at times (like the Hudson). If it is going backward there has to be some time in there where it stops, even if it's just for seconds.