Flooding was caused by water gushing into rivers from uplands.

The groundwater is only feet beneath the city streets.

地下河距离上面的城市街道只有几英尺。

Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route.

18艘船沿着贸易航线往返于1,000英里的河面上。

He has a house down there but it's miles up river.

他在那里有一栋房子，但在河上游几英里处。

She opens her umbrella, and walks up River Street.

她撑开伞，沿着河街向前走。

The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.

洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。

Nearly one million people crossed over the river into Moldavia.

将近100万人渡过这条河进入摩尔达维亚。

Across the river the railway track ran up to the pithead.

铁轨跨过这条河直达矿井口。

Joseph watched a shady-looking bunch playing cards aboard a Mississippi steamer.

约瑟夫看到一群可疑的人在密西西比河的一艘轮船上打牌。

The water in the river has fallen two feet.

河水水位下降了二英尺.

In spring the river's surface is often level with the banks.

春天河水常常涨到与河岸一样高.

During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.

每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥.

the sluggish black waters of the canal

运河里缓慢流动的黑乎乎的河水

We went white-water rafting on the Colorado River.

我们到科罗拉多河湍急的河水中划皮划艇。

The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.

河水中的化学物质含量不容忽视。

The river gurgled and burbled.

河水汩汩地流淌着。

In the end the Volga'swaters will run dry.

伏尔加河水终将干涸。

The Chicago River flooded the city'sunderground tunnel system.

芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。

The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.

河水决堤，淹没了整个村庄。

Springs and rivers that drain into lakes carry dissolved nitrates and phosphates.

流入湖中的泉水和河水携带了溶于水的硝酸盐和磷酸盐。

These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.

这些堤坝限制了河水顺流而下。