Alluviation - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Alluviation is the gradual shifting of land boundaries caused by the depositing of gravel and sediment by a moving body of water. Alluvion is the actual sediment deposited on the land (e.g. a bank or shore). Under common law, land altered by alluviation is typically considered to change any boundaries originally determined by the body of water, thereby increasing the owner�s property. In the 1836 Supreme Court case of The Mayor, Alderman and Inhabitants of New Orleans v. The United States, the Court held that while a landowner obtains land increased by alluviation, he or she can also lose land decreased by alluviation.�