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Term	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
accretion	Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.
ACCRETION	Records Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Records adding to, or extending, a series or system of permanent records previously accessioned by the National Archives.
wetland accretion	Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A process by which the surface of wetlands increases in elevation; see also accretion.
Accretion	EPA EV-Natural Environments-Natural Phenomena	Taxonomy	Definition: Accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.[Coastal Sensitivity Glossary]
Accretion (Atmosphere)	EPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere	Taxonomy	Definition: The growth of a precipitation particle by the collision of a frozen particle with a supercooled liquid water droplet which freezes upon impact. [NOAA National Weather System Glossary]
Wetland Accretion	EPA EV-Natural Environments-Natural Phenomena	Taxonomy	Definition: Process by which the surface of wetlands increases in elevation.[Coastal Sensitivity Glossary]

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