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Meanings of subterranean river in English

Russian
подземная река
Portuguese
rio subterrâneo
Catalan
riu subterrani
Spanish
rio subterraneo
Wikidata

River that runs wholly or partly beneath the ground surface.

        подземная река
        Usage of subterranean river in English
        1
        The worm's course had cut through a subterranean river, forming a waterfall.
        Wizardborn
        2
        There was an undercurrent of dramatic power in it, like a subterranean river.
        The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
        3
        Panning her powerful light left and right, she continued upstream along the subterranean river.
        Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
        4
        Everything points to a subterranean river which connects this lake with the Pacific Ocean.
        The Lost City
        5
        We have the means for navigating a subterranean river.
        The Land That Time Forgot
        6
        A subterranean river pulsed along, tearing shreds from what was left of the Great Skua restaurant.
        Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
        7
        His body would go hurtling down to the subterranean river below and be carried out to sea.
        The Master Mystery
        8
        His Ice Cube had been torn to pieces by the subterranean river, but it could be rebuilt.
        Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
        9
        None other than our poor servant who had been sucked down two days before in the waters of the subterranean river.
        Allan Quatermain
        10
        It glided for a long time in a sort of twilight along a subterranean river, which dashed and splashed about him.
        Weird Tales from Northern Seas
        11
        But as we walked along the subterranean river formed by the dripping stalactites, I knew that was where we were headed.
        Moonburn
        12
        The latter is the largest in the world, the windings of which extend forty miles and through which is a subterranean river.
        The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
        13
        We dared not follow the banks of the subterranean river for fear lest we should fall into it again in the darkness.
        King Solomon's Mines
        14
        Report has it that they live in cave-like holes in the side of a giant, black basalt cliff reached by a subterranean river.
        The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
        15
        She had expected to see the blue waters of a subterranean river splashing across the transparent polymer, but instead she saw an abyss.
        Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
        16
        At the bottom of the pit, hot air began to roar as the subterranean river gushed out into the flow of boiling rock.
        Runemarks
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