upper reaches

English

Noun

upper reaches (uncountable)

(This entry is a translation hub.) The highest or most northerly extremes of something.
the upper reaches of the Amazon.

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

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