Iyini i-Sinking Sand?
Context:Isihlabathi esisheshayo, esaziwa nangokuthi isihlabathi esicwilayo, i-colloid equkethe izinto ezinhle ezinama-granular (njengesihlabathi, udaka noma ubumba) namanzi. Yakhiwa esihlabathini esixutshiwe lapho isihlabathi sishukunyiswa ngokuzumayo. Lapho amanzi asesihlabathini engakwazi ukuphuma, akha inhlabathi encibilikisiwe elahlekelwa amandla futhi engakwazi ukuthwala isisindo. Isihlabathi esihambayo singakhiwa emanzini amile noma emanzini agelezela phezulu (njengasemthonjeni wase-artesian). Endabeni yamanzi agelezela phezulu, amandla aphikisana namandla adonsela phansi futhi asusa izinhlayiya zenhlabathi.
Isihlabathi Esicwilayo ngokuvamile saziwa ngokuthi Isihlabathi Esisheshayo.