En inglés: te tapa (el agua en un mar, río, lago, piscina, alberca, etc)

How to say it when the water in a river, sea, lake, etc is so deep that you sink completely into it even  standing up.

The water is over your head.

The water is over your head in the deep end of the pool.

Can you swim where the water is over your head?

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EN INGLES : DA EL AGUA EN LOS TOBILLOS/LAS RODILLAS/LA CINTURA/EL PECHO/EL CUELLO

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The water is  ankle/knee/waist/chest/neck deep.
It's up to the ankles/knees/waist/chest/neck/nose
The lagoon is waist-deep even in its center.

In Dictionaries:

"You can wade across the river easily here. It's only ankle-deep."
Word Reference.


In French       En Francés       En francais
L'eau arrive aux genoux, etc..
Collins Dictionary

El río está crecido.

The river is high.

Tocuyo River was high last week after the long downpour.

In Modern Literature:

The Padgitts sometimes used it (the bridge) in the springtime when the river was high.
The Last Juror by John Grisham.

In News:

"The Cumberland River is very high and overflowing."
The New York Times.

Madera o palos que flotan en el agua (mares, lagos, ríos) o que se han acumulado en sus orillas.

Driftwood (uncountable noun).

Driftwood: wood which is floating on the sea or brought onto the beach by the sea.
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

I could not find my glasses in the driftwood.

In Modern Literature:

"Eric and the boy I thought was named Ben gathered broken branches of driftwood from the drier piles."
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

"Jacob strolled to a nearby driftwood tree that had its roots sticking out like the attenuated legs of a huge, pale spider."

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

In News:

"On Ninety Mile Beach, at Lake Tyers, we wandered for hours among the dunes and built dens from driftwood."
The Telegraph UK.

Bebé de Animal Salvaje (Oso, León)

Cub.

Cub: the young of particular wild animals, such as bears and lions
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News:

"In fact, a family of lions which Angela has been filming since they were cubs, were stars of Disney's feature film African Cats"
Business Standard.

En Inglés: Desbordarse/salirse un Río.

How to say when a river, sea or lake flows over its banks/shore. because there is too much water in it.
Cómo decir cuando el agua de un río, mar o lago se sale de su  orilla porque tiene demasiada agua en él.

The river burts its banks, the river breaches its banks.
The river overflows its banks.


The river was threatening to burst its banks.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

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In News:

"The sheer amount of rainfall caused the River Colne to burst its banks and caused water to rise to around one and a half feet deep in the town centre."
Halstead Gazette.

"Dublin city council activated its emergency plan after torrential rain led to three rivers bursting their banks, causing houses and roads to become submerged. "

The Guardian UK.

In French      En francais      En francés

Le cours d’eau est sorti de son lit.       
Collins Dictionary.

Aguas Negras, Aguas Fecales.

Sewage.

Some cities in the world do not have proper facilities for the disposal of sewage.

Raw/untreated sewage is being pumped into the sea, from where it pollutes our beaches.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In the News:

"The biggest problem for water quality is when it rains heavily and sewage overflows are allowed to go into the sea."

The Telagraph.


Imagen: Diario el Carabobeño.

Rio Crecido

River in flood.

Tocuyo river is in flood twice a year.

Reference in Dictionary.

"The river is in flood (=water has flowed over its banks) again."

Cambridge Dictionary On Line