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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

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