The river submerged large tracts of land.

河水淹没了大片土地。

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Her submerged car was discovered in the river by police divers.

她被水淹没的汽车给警方的潜水员找到了。

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It also blocked the Hunza River, creating a 7-mile - (11-kilometer -) long lake that inundated several villages and submerged 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the Karakoram Highway.

山崩阻塞了罕萨河，形成了11公里(7英里)长的湖泊，淹没了数个村庄，并使得喀喇昆仑公路5公里(3英里)长的一段淹没水下。

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In one accident in County Fermanagh, a woman's car was found partly submerged in the Colebrooke River after a collision with another vehicle.

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On an impulse, because the whole scene disgusted her, Ally found herself calmly stepping into the river with her trainers still on, wading across the large flat submerged stones at its edge.

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But the consequence is that as many as 4, 000 people, according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, could have their homes submerged as waters are funneled into the Atchafalaya River Basin, between that river and the Mississippi.

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