Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - up-river

also upriver Something that is moving up-river is moving towards the source of a river, from a point down the river. Something that is up-river is towards the source of a river. Heavy goods could be brought up-river in barges... He has a house down there but it’s miles up river... The vineyards of Anjou extend from west of Angers to up-river of Saumur. ...La Reole, up-river from St-Macaire. ? down-river ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV of/from n • Up-river is also an adjective. ...an upriver trip in Central Africa. ADJ: ADJ n