And these ways wend they. And those ways went they.
What would happen if the world stop spinning? (…)
Although the Earth isn’t likely to stop spinning any time soon, its has slowed considerably since its formation.
Because gravity is strongest at the poles, and the Earth bulges at the equator by about 21.4 kilometers (due to the Earth’s rotation), if the Earth were to stop spinning, water would move from the equatorial regions toward the poles. The low-lying areas of northern Europe, Asia and North America would be covered by ocean. Land currently covered by sea around the equator, however, would become dry land, forming a massive equatorial continent.
