World Species : Protected Area : Rheinniederung Kehl

Rheinniederung Kehl - Helmlingen

Location:	Germany
Area:	5,236 acres (2,119 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B

Share	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	70 %	20 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Luvic Arenosols	Dystric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Well	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 m	15 m	15 m	75 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	28 %	9 %
Sand	75 %	75 %	90 %	74 %	39 %	39 %	35 %	42 %
Silt	15 %	15 %	5 %	16 %	40 %	40 %	33 %	36 %
Clay	10 %	10 %	5 %	10 %	21 %	21 %	32 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.49 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	0.7 %	0.39 %	0.93 %	0.86 %	0.86 %	39.4 %	1 %
PH	5.1	5.1	5.8	5.2	7.2	7.2	5.6	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	28 %	28 %	76 %	48 %	91 %	91 %	75 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	5 %	5 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	9 %	4 %	8 %	7 %	7 %	5 %	12 %
Sand	68 %	68 %	87 %	68 %	41 %	41 %	52 %	41 %
Silt	17 %	17 %	5 %	16 %	38 %	38 %	23 %	34 %
Clay	15 %	15 %	8 %	16 %	21 %	21 %	25 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.27 %	0.27 %	0.2 %	0.23 %	0.38 %	0.38 %	38.46 %	0.37 %
PH	5	5	5.7	5	7.5	7.5	5.8	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	31 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	36 %	36 %	75 %	54 %	96 %	96 %	96 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	2.5 %	2.5 %	0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	5 %	5 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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