Why power of a lens decreases when it is immersed in water?

If we consider the lens maker formulae ie 1/f=(n21-1)(1/R1-1/R2) . according to this formulae the difference of refractive index of water and glass is less than air -glass interface  ,hence focal length comes out to be large.

Large focal length implies less power as focal length =1/power.

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