Flying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoMy cousin is visiting Morocco right now. This is the edge of the Sahara.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1811arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-linkMy cousin is visiting Morocco right now. This is the edge of the Sahara.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBigBananaDealer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoi jeard that sahara sand is practically useless for that or maybe that was just for concrete or something
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoIt can’t be used for concrete because it’s too smooth due to erosion. Industrial sand is manufactured to have sharp edges so it holds better.
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBeaches, rivers you name it. Flowing water makes the best kind of construction sand. In bangladesh, the sand mafia have literally eaten through making rivers extra wide.
i jeard that sahara sand is practically useless for that
or maybe that was just for concrete or something
It can’t be used for concrete because it’s too smooth due to erosion. Industrial sand is manufactured to have sharp edges so it holds better.
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Beaches, rivers you name it. Flowing water makes the best kind of construction sand.
In bangladesh, the sand mafia have literally eaten through making rivers extra wide.