Property Ownership

A North Dakota farmer's property line runs along a river. When the river gradually deposits soil onto the farmer's bank, adding land, this process is called:

AErosion
BAccretion✓ Correct
CAvulsion
DReliction

Explanation

Accretion is the gradual addition of land through the deposit of silt, sand, or sediment by water action. The newly deposited land (alluvion) becomes the property of the adjacent landowner.

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