upline

Examples

• All

• Fish populations are healthier upline from the dam, where the water is cleaner.

• The team set up monitoring equipment upline to check water quality before the factory.

• The water flows upline from the reservoir.

• To improve efficiency, we need to focus upline in the supply chain.

• The water flows smoothly upline toward the reservoir where it is stored.

• The fishermen always cast their nets upline to catch the largest fish.

• The survey crew positioned themselves upline to measure the water levels accurately.

Synonyms

U

upstream

vsupline

32 3.5

Towards the source of a river, against the flow

is used for flows, systems, and processes beyond just rivers

U

upriver

vsupline

19 4.1

Toward the place where a river starts and against the water flow

is used more generally for flows, systems, and processes beyond rivers

U

upcurrent

vsupline

7.2

Being near the start of a river or stream

is broader, used for flows and systems beyond physical water direction

U

upcanyon

vsupline

8.4

In the direction of the higher part of a canyon

is broader, applying to flows, systems, or processes not just terrain

U

upvalley

vsupline

6.3

Toward the higher part of a valley near where the river starts

is wider, used for flows, systems and processes beyond valley directions

Antonyms

D

downstream

9 3.0

Located further along a river or stream in the direction it flows

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology