| English | German |
| filter sand bearer | Filterbett |
| filter sand bearer | Filterboden |
| fine sand | feiner Sand |
| fine sand | Feinsand |
| forgery sand | Schmiedesand |
| intermittent sand filter | Rückenberieselungs-Sandfilter mit Drainentwässerung |
| low-rate sand filtration | Langsamsandfiltration |
| low-rate sand filtration | Langsamfiltration |
| Pannonic sand steppe | Pannonische Sandsteppe |
| rapid sand filter | Schnell-Sandfilter |
| sand dune An accumulation of loose sand heaped up by the wind, commonly found along low-lying seashores above high-tide level, more rarely on the border of large lakes or river valleys, as well as in various desert regions, where there is abundant dry surface sand during some part of the year | Sanddüne |
| sand dune fixation Stabilization of dunes effected by the planting of marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), or rice grass, whose long roots bind the surface layers of sand and so hinder its removal by wind. A larger scale method of dealing with the same problem is by afforestation | Sanddünenstabilisierung |
| sand dune fixation | Sanddünenstabilisierung |
| sand extraction The extraction of sand by mining for building purposes and for the extraction of heavy minerals such as rutile and zircon | Sandabbau |
| sand extraction | Sandabbau |
| sand flat A sandy tidal flat barren of vegetation. A tidal flat is an extensive, nearly horizontal, marshy or barren tract of land that is alternately covered and uncovered by the tide, and consisting of unconsolidated sediment (mostly mud and sand). It may form the top surface of a deltaic deposit | Sandwatt |
| sand flat | Sandwatt |
| sand pit A place where sand is extracted from the ground | Sandgrube |
| sand plant | Psammophyt |
| sand plant | Sandpflanze |
| sand sorter | Klassierer |
| sand trap | Sandfänger |
| sand trap | Sandabscheider |
| sand trap | Sandfanganlage |
| sand trap | Draenschacht mit Sand-und Schlammfang |
| sands used in foundry operations | Giessereisand |
| slow sand filtration | Langsamsandfiltration |
| slow sand filtration | Langsamfiltration |
| tar sand A sandstone in which hydrocarbons have been trapped; the lighter compounds evaporate, leaving a residue of asphalt in the rock pores | Bituminöser Sand |
| tar sand | Bituminöser Sand |
| waste sand and clays | Abfaelle von Sand und Ton |
| windblown sand | Flugsand |
