upriver vs upwards

upriver

• Against the current. 

• Towards the source of a river. 

• Towards the source of a river. 

upwards

• Backwards in time, into the past. 

• Towards a higher place; towards what is above. 

• To a higher figure or amount. 

• To or into later life. 

• Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.