Alluvion

Alluvion a legal term which describes the increase in the area of land due to sediment (alluvium) which is deposited by a river. This changes the size of a piece of land (a process called accession) and thus its value over time.

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Alluvium: Alluvium is soil land deposited by a river or other running water. The structure formed is called an alluvial deposit. Glaciers may also deposit alluvium, see glacial till....

Accession: Accession (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach), in law, a method of acquiring property adopted from Roman law, by which, in things that have a close connection with or dependence on one another, the property of the principal draws after it the property of the accessory, according to the princ...