
Isihlabathi esenziwe ng人工, esaziwa nangokuthi isihlabathi sokwenziwa noma isihlabathi esishaywe, sithola ukuduma njengokunye kokusetshenziswa esikhundleni sesihlabathi semvelo ezakhiweni nasemkhakheni eminingi. Izakhiwo zalo zenzelwe ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezithile, okwenza kuba impahla enokusebenza okuphambili. Le ndatshana ibheka izakhiwo ezahlukene zesihlabathi esenziwe, igcizelela izinzuzo zaso nezicelo zaso.
I-silika eyenziwe ngokuqhumisa amatshe, amatshe afunwa, noma izingxenye ezinkulu zensimbi zibe yizicucu ezincane. Le nqubo ihilela izigaba eziningi, okubandakanya:
I-sand eyenziwe ng artificial isetshenziselwa izinhlelo ezahlukahlukene ngenxa yezici zayo ezinhle:
I-sand eyenziwe ngobuchwepheshe iyindlela ehlukeneyo futhi eqinile yokusebenzisa esikhundleni se-sand yemvelo, inikeza izinzuzo eziningi ekwakhiweni nasemikhakheni eminingi. Impahla yayo eyakhelwe kahle iqinisekisa ukusebenza kangcono, ukwahluleka, kanye nezinzuzo zomculo. Njengoba isidingo sokwakhiwa kwezinsiza ezizinzile sikhula, i-sand eyenziwe ngobuchwepheshe ibheke phambili ukuba nendima ebalulekile ekwakhiweni okuzayo.