Water rights & terms

Question 1

What are riparian rights?

Answer 1

Riparian rights are associated with land abutting a flowing water way, such as the banks of a river or stream.

‘r is for river’

Question 2

What are littoral rights?

Answer 2

Littoral rights are associated with land that abuts nonflowing water, such as the ocean, ponds, and lakes.

‘l is for lake’

Question 3

What is accretion?

Answer 3

Accretion is the process of land build-up from water-borne rock, sand, and soil.

Remember - land building up, ‘land acc-umulating’

Question 4

What is alluvion?

Answer 4

Alluvion is the new deposits of land caused by accretion.

Remember - alluvion - l for ‘land’, new land

Question 5

What is erosion?

Answer 5

Erosion is the gradual loss of land due to natural forces.

Question 6

What is reliction?

Answer 6

Reliction is the gradual receding of water, uncovering additional land.

Remember - reliction - ‘receding hair line’, uncovering the bald scalp (land)