sail up a river

to travel upstream on a river in a boat or ship. We sailed up the Amazon River in a large, seagoing ship. It was not possible to sail up the Mississippi as far as we wanted.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Satisha	-	Hinduism
Denis	de-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)	French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
Derby	DAHR-bee, DUR-bee	English (Rare)
PÀL	-	Scottish
Absolon	['æbsələn]
Purushottam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi