Water Rights Flashcards
1
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Riparian Rights
A
Granted to landowners whose land abuts a river or steam
2
Q
Littoral Rights
A
Granted to landowners whose land borders closed bodies of water, such as lakes and oceans
3
Q
Accretion
A
The process in which water carries rock, sand and soil and causes land build-up
4
Q
Alluvion
A
New deposits of land that are the result of accretion
5
Q
Accession
A
The increase of land or property due to natural or man-made causes
6
Q
Erosion
A
Gradual loss of land due to natural force
7
Q
Avulsion
A
Rapid loss of land
8
Q
Reliction
A
Gradual receding of water, which uncovers new land
