This increase results mainly from submerged land being reclaimed by drainage and land-reclamation programs.

So far as he knows, Mr. Snyder says, the private owners continue to pay taxes on the submerged land.

Already known is Naturaliste Plateau, a submerged land off Western Australia.

Therefore, the Illinois state legislature's original grant had no effect on the state of Illinois's ultimate authority over the submerged land.

In a legal twist, the submerged land is still in the hands of the former villagers, but the use of the dam belongs to the Portuguese state.

The tribe then requested that the United States sue to quiet title to the submerged land on the reservation.

The court found that the earlier agreements had reserved the submerged land for the use of the tribe, and ruled for the United States.

In this case it was clear that the United States had retained the rights of title to the submerged land, overcoming the presumption of state ownership.

The concept behind source reduction is to convert seasonally-flooded marsh to either upland or submerged land.

Much of the submerged land was reclaimed from the sea as a polder, a process which continued until the 20th century.