Gravity is not the result of a particular shape of an object. It is caused by mass. All objects with mass exert gravity to each other. The larger the mass of an object, the greater the force of gravity.
On Earth, water forms a spherical surface which has the same center as the Earth. It applies to every surface of fluid which is under influence by Earth’s gravity, unaffected by another force. In a 10 cm wide container, the amount of curvature is only 0.0000002 mm. It is the reason the surface appears flat in small containers.
The shape of the container does not affect the fact. Even if the container is ball-shaped, the ball has a much smaller mass than that of the Earth, it is not even close. Earth’s gravity far exceeds one exerted by the container.
References
- Picture of communicating vessels is from the flat-Earth sect A Terra é plana
- Bagaimana Bisa Air Yang Datar Melingkupi Bumi Bulat? – Saintif
- Calculation