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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
...the sea level south of the equator is something like 8,000+ feet higher.
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That's just plain wrong. Sea level is defined WRT gravitational equipotential surfaces (plus a small contribution from the centrifugal force of Earth's rotation), NOT distance from the center of the Earth. If the sea level was 8000' higher south of the equator, the water would flow north until the levels equalized.