n., Formation of land from the bed of a river or body of water by the gradual, natural accumulation of matter on the bed or by the gradual, natural recession of the water. n., The process of land formation, by imperceptible degrees, on the banks of a body of water, either by accumulation of material or by recession of the water. SEE ALSO alluvion alluvium diluvion.Īlluvion 1. Accumulation of solid matter under water is referred to as batture, as is the result of such accumulation. (See, however, diluvion.) Accretion applies only to the accumulation of land. Some authorities take alluvion to mean only the material deposited, which makes it a synonym for alluvium. The term alluvion is sometimes used for the first kind and or the material deposited (also called alluvium) the second kind is called reliction or dereliction.
Accretion occurs principally by the action of water and is of two kinds: a) the deposition of solids and b) the recession of the edge of the water. Also called alluvion, although that term is also taken to mean the material itself. n., The gradual and imperceptible addition of land by natural causes, as out of the sea or a river. None of the above results in a change in the boundary.Īccretion 1. n., The loss of lands bordering on the seashore by sudden or violent action of the elements, perceptible while in progress a sudden and rapid change in the course and channel of a river boundary. n.,The rapid erosion of a shore by waves during a storm. The term is of legal significance when the avulsion results in cutting land from one owner and adding it to another's land. n., The breaking of a stream through its banks in a sudden and unexpected manner and in such a way as to form another channel. n., The sudden removal of land from the estate of one person to another.
It is apparent in the sheer speed and power that cause that kind of change in a river that words to describe some of the results would be important.Īvulsion 1. The agricultural fields on the Arkansas side of the river across from Tom Lee Park in Memphis, which I look every day, were completely under water. From my 8th story bump-out window, I watched the Mississippi River rise 32 feet (2 feet below flood stage for Memphis) this past week. But spring in my small corner of the earth is probably most apparent in the change in water. Spring has sprung and out my window mocking birds are singing and trees have both flowers and buds and even a few small green leaves.
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