And in 2009, the loop that once extended from the river has been reduced to a semicircular water body connected to the river only by a narrow channel.

另外，在2009年，那个一度从河流延伸出去的圈圈缩水成了一个半圆水体，仅凭一条狭窄水道连接着母河。

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It is second only to the Mississippi River in width.

它的宽度仅次于密西西比河。

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It took only one heave to hurl him into the river.

只是一推，就把他推进了河里。

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Gradually,Asian Carp edge out the other native species in the river until they are one of the only kinds of fish left.

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Actually I had thought I was going north when I went to colleges. We're only after I got to saw the Ohio and cross the Ohio River did people remind me that well, it was maybe north of the Ohio River, it was not the northeast.

其实我以为是在往北走,到斯沃斯莫尔去，只是,等到我看到俄亥俄，过了俄亥俄河,才有人提醒我,那儿可能是俄亥俄河北岸，而不是美国东北部。

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It is now second on the river only to the sprawling Yangzi River company.

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The ride across the river only takes a few minutes.

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While the river is only several inches deep at the bank, the middle of the river can be four to five feet deep in places and thick with boulders.

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