Assertion: estuary's water | /r/CapableOf | run off the land
Facets:
value: for use upon his land
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As water runs off the land, wetlands absorb and filter out pollution before it can make its way into the Bay.
text: Under the riparian doctrine, "the owner of land has the right to divert the water flowing by his land for use upon his land, without regard to the extent of such use or priority in time".
text: Plants tend to slow down the water that runs over the land, giving it time to enter the ground.
text: It highlights the fact that this waterway is more than a river-it is a tidal estuary, an arm of the sea where salty sea water meets fresh water running off the land.