Also, when people think of sand, they think of beach sand, which is somewhat wet or recently was wet than it have dried, but there is also the variant of very,

Also, when people think of sand, they think of beach sand, which is somewhat wet or recently was wet than it have dried, but there is also the variant of very, very dry sand (sometimes can be confused with earth), which is just a little bit softer than a solid ground. Source: Someone who fell on deserts of Arabia, repeatedly, and almost broke a couple of bones.