World Species : Protected Area : Bañados del Este

Bañados del Este

Location:	Uruguay
Area:	986,054 acres (399,042 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: hot summer)

Ecoregions

Atlantic Coast restingas
Uruguayan savanna

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B			C		D			E

Share	40 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	80 %	20 %	40 %	30 %	30 %	50 %	20 %	30 %
Soil Type	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Eutric Gleysols	Mollic Solonetz	Eutric Planosols	Luvic Phaeozems	Eutric Leptosols	Humic Cambisols	Luvic Phaeozems	Eutric Planosols	Mollic Planosols	Eutric Planosols	Eutric Gleysols	Gleyic Phaeozems	Fibric Histosols	Haplic Arenosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium		Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	31 %	60 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	89 %	92 %	3 %	22 %	59 %	29 %	55 %	25 %	17 %	48 %	16 %	38 %	18 %	4 %	0 %	93 %
Silt	5 %	5 %	24 %	46 %	27 %	33 %	28 %	32 %	50 %	36 %	57 %	46 %	59 %	62 %	0 %	5 %
Clay	6 %	3 %	73 %	32 %	14 %	38 %	17 %	43 %	33 %	16 %	27 %	16 %	23 %	34 %	0 %	2 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Sand	Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Silty clay loam	Loam	Silty clay loam	Loam	Silt loam	Silty clay loam		Sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.67 g/cm³	1.78 g/cm³	1.14 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³		1.84 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.11 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	1.08 %	4.28 %	5.63 %	0.89 %	4.15 %	2.41 %	1.46 %	2.14 %	1.53 %	1.86 %	1.14 %	2.5 %	3.39 %	37.3 %	0.19 %
PH	5.5	4.3	6.2	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.3	4.7	6.3	5.5	6.1	5.6	6.2	5.7	5.8	5.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	17 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	95 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹		105 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	83 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	29 %	26 %	87 %	70 %	71 %	86 %	53 %	20 %	86 %	71 %	80 %	71 %	85 %	85 %	49 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	32.2 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	7.8 cmol kg⁻¹	26.7 cmol kg⁻¹	7.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.8 cmol kg⁻¹	23.2 cmol kg⁻¹	12.8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	16.2 cmol kg⁻¹	29.8 cmol kg⁻¹	40.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.6 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	1 %	13 %	9 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %		26 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	7 %	0 %	1 %
Sand	90 %	89 %	12 %	7 %	33 %	25 %		18 %	13 %	36 %	16 %	22 %	16 %	4 %	0 %	83 %
Silt	5 %	9 %	21 %	44 %	34 %	31 %		26 %	42 %	31 %	45 %	41 %	52 %	50 %	0 %	12 %
Clay	5 %	2 %	67 %	49 %	33 %	44 %		56 %	45 %	33 %	39 %	37 %	32 %	46 %	0 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Sand	Clay (heavy)	Silty clay	Clay loam	Clay		Clay	Silty clay	Clay loam	Silty clay loam	Clay loam	Silty clay loam	Silty clay		Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.7 g/cm³	1.83 g/cm³	1.17 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³		1.69 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.53 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.18 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.36 %	0.52 %	2.66 %	0.5 %	0.37 %	2.69 %		0.77 %	0.77 %	0.71 %	0.44 %	0.34 %	0.42 %	0.58 %	8.93 %	0.08 %
PH	5.4	4.2	6.9	7.4	6.7	5.9		4.8	7.9	7.1	7.4	6.9	7.8	6.9	6	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	83 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	92 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹		22 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	18 %	29 %	93 %	92 %	97 %	91 %		24 %	98 %	97 %	96 %	97 %	97 %	94 %	69 %	98 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	0.5 cmol kg⁻¹	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹	30.7 cmol kg⁻¹	44.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.2 cmol kg⁻¹		5.3 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	28.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.3 cmol kg⁻¹	19.4 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0.9 %	1.4 %	0.9 %	0 %		0 %	2.2 %	1.1 %	1.4 %	1.2 %	1.6 %	2.8 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	2 %	16 %	17 %	4 %	1 %		1 %	2 %	4 %	5 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263