Shifting Sand

The Shifting Sands

The Shifting Sands is the fourth book in the eight-volume Deltora Quest fantasy novel series written by Emily Rodda. It continues the trio's journey to find the seven missing gems of Deltora, braving dangers and Guardians in each book. The novel was first published in 2000 by Scholastic Australia.

Shifting Sands (1918 film)

Shifting Sands is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gloria Swanson. Prints of the film are held by the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection and in private collections, and Shifting Sands has been released on DVD.

Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is usually defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass.

Desert sand (color)

Desert sand is a very light and very weakly saturated reddish yellow color which corresponds specifically to the coloration of sand. It may also be regarded as a deep tone of beige.

shifting

Noun

1. A shift or change; a shifting movement.
2. The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of shift

sand

Noun

1. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Adjective

1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.