upper reaches

English

Noun

upper reaches (uncountable)

1. (This entry is a translation hub.) The highest or most northerly extremes of something.

Translations

the part of a river that is near where it begins

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上游 (zh) (shàngyóu), 上流 (zh) (shàngliú)

• Finnish: yläjuoksu (fi)
• German: Oberlauf (de) m
• Hungarian: felső szakasz/folyás, (figuratively) felső szint
• Japanese: 上流 (ja) (じょうりゅう, jōryū), 川上 (ja) (かわかみ, kawakami), 水上 (ja) (みなかみ, minakami)
• Korean: 상류 (ko) (sangnyu), 물위 (ko) (murwi)
• Vietnamese: thượng lưu (vi), thượng nguồn

See also

• middle reaches
• lower reaches