| English | French |
| blowing sand | sable transporté par le vent |
| Büchi sand trap | dessableur Büchi |
| Eastern Sand darter | dard de sable (Ammocrypta pellucida) |
| filter sand bearer | lit du filtre |
| filter sand bearer | lit-filtre |
| fine sand | sable fin |
| forgery sand | sable de forge |
| forgery sand | faux sable |
| greater sand plover | pluvier de Leschenault (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| greater sand plover | gravelot de Leschenault (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| horizontal sand trap | dessableur horizontal |
| intermittent sand filter | filtre intermittent à sable |
| loamy sand | sable limoneux |
| low-rate sand filtration | filtration lente sur sable |
| Pannonic sand steppe | steppe de sable pannonienne |
| rapid sand filter | filtre rapide à sable |
| sand boa | boa javelot (Eryx jaculus) |
| sand/crushed slag mix | sable-laitier prébroyé |
| 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 | dune de sable |
| sand dune | dune de sable |
| 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 | fixation des dunes de sable |
| sand dune fixation | fixation des dunes de sable |
| sand-dune short-capsuled willow | saule psammophile (Salix brachycarpa var. psammophila) |
| sand extraction The extraction of sand by mining for building purposes and for the extraction of heavy minerals such as rutile and zircon | extraction de sable |
| 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 | replat sableux |
| sand flat | replat sableux |
| sand management | aménagement du sable |
| sand management | gestion du sable |
| sand pit A place where sand is extracted from the ground | sablière |
| sand plant | psammophyte |
| sand removal | dessablage |
| sand removal | dessablement |
| sand steppe | steppe sur sables |
| sand trap | chambre à sable |
| sand trap | bassin de dessablement |
| sand trap | désensableur |
| sand trap | dessableur |
| sand trap | désableur |
| sand trap | installation de dessablage |
| sand verbena | abronie de sable (Abronia micrantha) |
| sands used in foundry operations | sables utilisés dans les opérations de fonderie |
| shifting sand | sable mouvant |
| slow sand filter | filtre lent à sable |
| slow sand filtration | filtration lente sur sable |
| spotted sand boa | boa javelot (Eryx jaculus) |
| tar sand A sandstone in which hydrocarbons have been trapped; the lighter compounds evaporate, leaving a residue of asphalt in the rock pores | sable asphaltique |
| tar sand | sable asphaltique |
| waste sand and clays | déchets de sable et d'argile |
| windblown sand | sables mouvants |
| windblown sand | sables d'érosion eolienne |
