Repelling groynes point upstream; they force the flow away from themselves.

He looked at me with irritation, but I merely pointed to the middle of the river upstream of the bridge.

One who appeared to be in command pointed upstream, then pointed at himself and the men around him.

Contour lines form a V-shape on the map, pointing upstream.

Instead, a bowline tied to a branch kept its stem pointed upstream.

And he pointed upstream, which made no sense at all.

He pointed upstream, where the captain could barely make out a pair of Malurians mounted as they were.

Jilian stopped and raised a hand, pointing upstream.

He pointed upstream, toward the towering Sierra.

Lakshman pointed upstream in the direction they had just come.