Eli5: how do siphons work?

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Do siphons work only off of gravity or is there some other force keeping the liquids together to keep the flow moving?

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It’s almost like a gravity powered vacuum pump.

If you can get a flow of water going through a length of hose, as long as the “out” end is below the “in” end, the vacuum created by the flow of water out, aided by gravity will continously pull water through the length of hose.

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