1) Obedient 
flowing in opposite direction to original slope of land
• (a.) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
Ob'se·quent adjective [ Latin obsequens , present participle of obsequi ; ob (see Ob- ) + sequi . See Sequence .] Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [ Obsolete] Fotherby. 
In geography, the term obsequent is used to describe a river flowing into a subsequent stream in the opposite direction to the original slope of the land.