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Sand (PPO_96)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: ppo_96.ttl
- Name
sand- Attribute
- PPO Product
- Definition
- Granular material consisting of small eroded fragments of (mainly siliceous) rocks, finer than gravel and larger than a coarse silt grain.
- Description
- Generally ranging between 0.074 millimetres (No. 200 sieve) and 4.76 millimetres (No. 4 sieve) in size. Often a major constituent of a beach, desert, or the bed of a river or sea. Used for various purposes, as in smoothing stone, founding, or as an ingredient in mortar.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- AA010 Extraction Mine
- AM010 Storage Depot
- BC131 Seabed Material Extraction Area
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.