Water Rights Flashcards
Alluvion
Land formed by natural causes imperceptibly upon the bank of a body of water. It is the material, not the process.
Accretion
A gradual and imperceptible build up of land by natural means (by either the recession of the sea, or a river or by the deposits of sand or soil washed up from water to form solid land)
Are alluvion and accretion synonyms?
Yes
Reliction
The gradual and imperceptible recession of water resulting in the uncovering of land once submerged.
What two processes “create” land forms?
Accrection and Reliction
Erosion
The gradual and imperceptible washing away of land by a stream, river or body of water.
Riparian rights
Anything connected with or adjacent to the banks of a stream, river or other body of water.
Littoral rights
Of or pertaining to a shore, especially the sea shore. Also includes lakes and ponds or other non flowing bodies of water.
How is Mean Sea Level determined?
It is the average height of the surface of the seas for all stages of the tide over a 19 (18.6) year period.
What is the Public Trust Doctrine?
The public trust doctrine requires the sovereign, or state, to hold in trust designated resources for the benefit of the people. Traditionally, the public trust applied to commerce and fishing in navigable waters, but its uses were expanded in California in 1971 to include fish, wildlife, habitat and recreation.
In the state of California, which agency is responsible for the administration oftidelands?
California State Lands Commission
Which of the following is not an approved method of apportionment of accretions along navigable waters according to the BLM 2009 Manual of Surveying Instructions?
What is an owners boundary along the ocean?
Mean high tide or ordinary high water
How much land off the shore is state owned?
3 nautical miles
