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# upriver

adverb (upriver); adjective (upriver)

«upriver» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Upriver means towards the source of a river, against the flow of the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#m1)
2. Upriver also means at a place further up the river from where you are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography: rivers flow from the source to the mouth, so going upriver means going towards the source, often uphill. In history and stories: explorers paddling upriver, salmon swimming upriver to lay eggs. Close to «upstream»; opposite «downriver».

### Examples

- Salmon swim upriver to lay their eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x1)
- The explorers paddled upriver for days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x2)
- The village is a mile upriver from the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x3)
- Rowing upriver is harder than rowing down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x4)
- Pollution from a factory upriver killed the fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x5)
- We took an upriver boat trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: «downriver». Similar to «upstream». Upriver means against the current, not always north: some rivers flow north.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «upriver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upriver/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«upriver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upriver.html) on Mova free.