DOWNRIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downriver mean? 

• DOWNRIVER (adverb)
  The adverb DOWNRIVER has 1 sense:

1. away from the source or with the current

  Familiarity information: DOWNRIVER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNRIVER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Away from the source or with the current

Synonyms:

downriver; downstream

Antonym:

upriver (toward the source or against the current)

 Context examples 

A study found that, instead of increasing downriver, fish diversity decreases closer to the mouth of the Amazon, concentrating more upriver at the western portion of the basin.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

The decline in fish diversity downriver, coupled with the impact of climate change on rain patterns, is a concern for riverine communities who depend on fishing for their livelihoods and on fish as a source of protein.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)