upgradient
A position up along a gradient from a starting position.
Adjective
- A position up along a gradient from a starting position.
- a location that is the source groundwater for another location; similar to upstream.
- Uncontaminated groundwater is found upgradient of a contamination source.
Origin
From up- + gradient.
Forms
Antonyms
Adverb
- The reverse direction along a gradient.
- a direction that groundwater flows from.