Dredge drag head is used by a trailing hopper suction dredger to collect sand from the sea floor.

Since the 1970's, when he began collecting sand on vacations with his wife, Florence, Mr. D'Errico's collection has grown to more than 13,000 samples.

People who collect sand as a hobby are known as arenophiles.

It was on a visit to Bognor collecting sand that he encountered Polyzoa and Foraminifera, which he sorted, mounted and studied.

Its shape alters the wind in such a way as to collect sand near its southern end, leading to the unique Eureka Dunes.

Beach cleaning machines work by collecting sand by way of a scoop or drag mechanism and then raking or sifting anything large enough to be considered foreign matter, including sticks, stones, rubbish, syringes and other items.

The groins and jetties built there many years ago have collected much sand on the east side and little has been deposited on the west, if any.

He also collects sand.

So the king sent a team of porters to Kathmandu to collect sand at the special hour.

Traps also tend to collect hair, sand, and other debris and limit the ultimate size of objects that will pass on into the rest of the plumbing, thereby catching over-sized objects.