riverward

Facing the current

Riverward means toward the river, indicating direction of movement or orientation: The town expanded riverward over the decades.

Also used as an adjective: the riverward side of the levee.

The word appears in both literal geographic contexts and more literary descriptions of landscape.

geography

estuary

Tidal mixing zone

deltaSymbol denoting variation
tributaryStream entering larger river
confluenceMeeting point of streams

meander · floodplain · watershed · basin · channel · oxbow · headwaters · drainage · watercourse · valley

direction

downstream

Along the current's path

upstreamToward a river's origin
towardIn the direction of
bankPlace holding deposits

shore · waterside · embankment · approach · descent · slope · path · trail · heading · course

movement

flow

Unbroken forward movement

currentDirected flow of charge
driftGradual movement, no direction
pullForce toward oneself

draw · migration · journey · descent · traverse · wade · crossing · ford · portage · launch

Opposites

direction relative to river

riverwardlandward

Toward the shore

inland · upland · shoreward · mountainward · coastward

Family

river, ward, rivers, riverside, rivulet, riverbank, riverbed, riverfront, riverine

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