overflowed lands — Those that are covered by nonnavigable waters (not including lands between high and low water mark of navigable streams or bodies of water, nor lands covered and uncovered by ordinary daily ebb and flow of normal tides of navigable waters) … Black's law dictionary
swamp and overflowed lands — Lands unfit for cultivation by reason of their swampy character and requiring drainage or reclamation to render them available for beneficial use … Black's law dictionary
Draining and development of the Everglades — Satellite image of the northern Everglades with developed areas in 2001, including the Everglades Agricultural Area (in red), Water Conservation Areas 1, 2, and 3, a … Wikipedia
Title 43 of the United States Code — outlines the role of Public Lands in the United States Code.* Bureau of Land Management * United States Geological Survey * Surveys * District Land Offices * Land Districts * Withdrawal From Settlement, Location, Sale, or Entry * Homesteads *… … Wikipedia
land — In the most general sense, comprehends any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; including fields, meadows, pastures, woods, moors, waters, marshes, and rock. State v. Coffee, 556 P.2d 1185, 1193, 97 Idaho 905. In its more limited sense, land… … Black's law dictionary
land — In the most general sense, comprehends any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; including fields, meadows, pastures, woods, moors, waters, marshes, and rock. State v. Coffee, 556 P.2d 1185, 1193, 97 Idaho 905. In its more limited sense, land… … Black's law dictionary
swamp — Verb: To overcome; to overwhelm. To sink because filled with water. Noun: A marsh; a tract of wet land, usually partially covered by shallow waters. An area of land which is wet or marshy because depressed so as to receive the flow of surface… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Everglades — is also the name of a city in Collier County, Florida.The Everglades are a subtropical wetland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed. The system begins near Orlando with… … Wikipedia
John Alexander Brewster — (1826 1889) was the fourth California Surveyor General, serving from 1856 to 1858 [ [http://www.californiahistory.net www.californiahistory.net] ] .He first traveled to California with explorer John C. Frémont. Although the exact date of his… … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
