downriver

[US]/'daun'rivə/
[UK]/ˈdaʊnˈrɪvɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in the direction towards the lower course of a river
adj. situated in the lower course of a river

Example Sentences

swam downriver; a downriver canoe race.

Qin"an located in the downriver area of Cucurbit River which is the branch of Wei River (Wei River is an anabranch of Yellow River), in the north of Tianshui city southeast Gansu province.

Real-world Examples

Dams and irrigation projects upriver in Africa increase the population of malarial mosquitoes downriver.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation December 2013

The reservation is also downriver from a former General Motors factory that is now a Superfund site.

Source: New York Times

But the two tributaries contribute vastly different levels of water into the Nile further downriver through Egypt.

Source: Realm of Legends

Hundreds of thousands of people downriver have been told to evacuate.

Source: AP Listening June 2023 Collection

NPR's Martin Kaste is downriver from the slide near Oso, Washington.

Source: NPR News March 2014 Compilation

Unable to wash downriver, the nutrients build up while dissolved oxygen in the water decreases.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds December 2018 Collection

Just a short walk downriver from the Parliament Building is a sobering memorial to another of the city's darkest chapters.

Source: Cloud Travel Handbook

He survived mostly on wild berries and roots and after six weeks of travel, built himself a crude raft and began floating downriver.

Source: Learn English with Matthew.

552.Ah, don't you worry.I got a place downriver.

Source: Listen to a movie with Cindy.

588.No, they say he's headed downriver with a bear.

Source: Listen to a movie with Cindy.

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