downstream
Example Sentences
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Amatya’s 31-year-old brother, Prabin, was an engineer at a hydropower plant under construction downstream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Experts are still investigating the large volume of water that allowed the debris to travel far downstream.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nepal and India share one river system, with one country upstream and the other downstream.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Around noon Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a local golf course patron who noticed a possible body floating downstream in the Dominguez Channel, the department said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mami, Baby, and the other manatees upstream of the dam were cut off forever from those downstream and in the sea.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
