desert sandy desert A desert plain characterized by a surface veneer of sand. ENVO ENVO:00000172 EcoLexicon:sandy_area FTT:188 FTT:238 FTT:616 Geonames:T.ERG Geonames:T.SAND TGN:21203 There should be relation here to ENVO:sand, but it's more than "primarily composed of" and must call upon the idea of "ground surface" or layer. desert sand desert sandy area sandy desert