red sand
Desert's rusty earth
Red sand is sand with a reddish or rust-orange color, typically from iron oxide coating the grains.
It characterizes certain deserts and beaches: the red sands of the Australian Outback, the red sand dunes of Namibia.
In construction, red sand refers to coarse sand used in bricklaying and paving.
Figuratively, red sands may evoke Mars or alien landscapes.
- desertTo leave behind completely
- desert landscapeArid region's natural scenery
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- Australian outbackRemote arid interior region
Mars · Martian soil · ochre · burnt sienna · rust · iron · iron ore · arid · scorched · sienna · terracotta · clay · dust · dust storm · barren · heat · crimson · oxide
- Red Rock Countryslickrock, hoodoos, arches, slot canyons, mesas
- Outback Australiabillabong, billabongs, waterhole, waterholes, artesian water
- sandgrains, dunes, erg, grit, silica
- Outbackoutback, station, cattle station, dust storm, stockman
- Australian OutbackUluru, outback, Ayers Rock, spinifex, dingo
- KalahariKalahari Desert, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, gemsbok
red sandwhite sand
Light-colored beach grains
black sand · snow · coral sand · white powder · black earth
red sandtropical beach
Warm coastal sandy area
snowfield · glacier · tundra · rainforest floor · fertile soil
red, sand, reds, redder, reddest, reddish, redden, reddened, reddening