Principles of Real EstateQuestion 21 of 120

The process by which soil is gradually deposited by the action of water, increasing an owner's land, is called:

a.Accretion
b.Erosion
c.Avulsion
d.Reliction

Explanation

Accretion is the gradual addition of land through the deposit of soil by natural water action, and the new soil is called alluvion. It typically increases the landowner's property. Erosion is the opposite gradual loss of land.

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