Preferred term
sand
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. a soil having most particles between 2 mm and 0.02 mm in size, composed usually of silica, and being well drained and aerated.
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- رمل
Bulgarian
- Пясък
Croatian
- pijesak
Czech
- písek
Danish
- sand
Dutch
- zand
Estonian
- liiv
Finnish
- hiekka
French
- sable
German
- Sand
Greek
- άμμος
Hungarian
- homok
Italian
- sabbia
Latvian
- smiltis
Lithuanian
- smėlis
Norwegian
- sand
Polish
- piasek
Portuguese
- areias
Romanian
- nisip
Slovak
- piesok
Slovenian
- pesek
Spanish
- arenas
Swedish
- sand
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20920