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Upstream and downstream

downriver

adjective, adverb

at or towards a place that is further along a river as it flows in the direction of the sea

downstream

adverb

in the direction that a river or stream is flowing

downstream

adjective

in a position further along a river or stream as it flows in the direction of the sea

up

adjective, adverb, preposition

moving along a river in the opposite direction that the water is flowing, or at a point along it in this direction

upriver

adverb

in the opposite direction to the way a river flows

upstream

adverb

in the opposite direction to the way a river or stream flows

upstream

adjective

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