downriver

adverb or adjective down·riv·er \ ˈdau̇n-ˈri-vər \

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of downriver

: toward or at a point nearer the mouth of a river

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Recent Examples of downriver from the Web

A few miles downriver from the Fayetteville Works is the world’s largest hog slaughterhouse, once part of the Smithfield Foods empire and since 2013 controlled by a Chinese conglomerate.

— ken otterbourg, Fortune, "Teflon’s River of Fear," 24 May 2018
Oregon and Washington will open summer steelhead fishing Wednesday on the Columbia River from the Interstate 5 bridge downriver to Buoy 10.

— bill monroe, OregonLive.com, "Columbia River spring chinook salmon run prediction downgraded," 21 May 2018
What’s new: A $7.3 million expansion is in the works that will extend the water park a half-mile stretch downriver to Veterans Pond.

— dana oland, idahostatesman, "Boise parks guide: What's new, what's coming, where to picnic | Idaho Statesman," 21 May 2018
Or get in on the action yourself by signing up for events like a 10K trail run, fly-fishing contest, and downriver kayaking sprint.

— megan michelson, Outside Online, "7 Summer Festivals You Don’t Want to Miss," 18 May 2018
The last victim, Maria’s husband, Miguel, was found days later, four miles farther downriver, spotted from the air on a leg of the Verde far from roads or footpaths.

— azcentral, "Into the water," 15 May 2018
This outfit will bus people up to day-long or overnight river trips that means complete downriver paddlings.

— richard tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's DeSoto County: Taming the Peace River," 6 May 2018
In the movie, two boatmen drinking in a tavern look out the window and see a mother and daughter on a swing, then proceed to seduce them by taking them for a ride downriver.

— thomas hine, Philly.com, "At Barnes, two Renoirs - father and son - share one show, diminishing the impact of both," 3 May 2018
The sheen is also downriver from the utility's east bank site to the Carrollton water purification plant and should not affect the east bank's water supply, Rainey said.

— beau evans, NOLA.com, "Mississippi River diesel spill has not contaminated New Orleans' drinking water, S&WB says," 12 Apr. 2018

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