World Species : Protected Area : CABO DE GATA-NIJAR

CABO DE GATA-NIJAR

Location:	Spain
Area:	122,347 acres (49,512 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BSk (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: cold arid)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B				C				D		E				F		G

Share	90 %	10 %	50 %	25 %	20 %	5 %	50 %	25 %	20 %	5 %	85 %	15 %	40 %	25 %	15 %	15 %	50 %	50 %	35 %	20 %	15 %	15 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Calcisols	Lithic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Calcisols	Haplic Gypsisols	Calcaric Regosols	Haplic Solonchaks	Haplic Calcisols	Chromic Luvisols	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Planosols	Stagnic Luvisols	Eutric Regosols	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse
Reference Depth	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	0 mm	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	50 m	150 m	100 m	15 m	15 mm	15 mm	50 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	50 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony								Saline	Petrocalcic			Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2														Lithic
Root Obstacle			40 - 60 cm			40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm			None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm
Impermeable Layer			None to 150 cm			None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm					0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm					None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm
Soil Water Regime			Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor 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		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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	10 %	7 %	21 %	16 %	12 %	7 %	2 %	14 %	7 %	7 %	12 %	19 %	10 %	10 %	21 %	4 %	4 %	25 %	9 %	19 %	21 %	4 %	4 %
Sand	73 %	79 %	41 %	42 %	37 %	48 %	41 %	36 %	44 %	34 %	41 %	48 %	78 %	75 %	79 %	73 %	80 %	80 %	47 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	81 %
Silt	18 %	13 %	38 %	34 %	44 %	28 %	38 %	40 %	35 %	41 %	38 %	28 %	13 %	15 %	13 %	18 %	11 %	10 %	34 %	36 %	37 %	34 %	37 %	9 %
Clay	9 %	8 %	21 %	24 %	19 %	24 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	25 %	21 %	24 %	9 %	10 %	8 %	9 %	9 %	10 %	19 %	22 %	21 %	24 %	22 %	10 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	2.59 %	0.46 %	1.61 %	2.13 %	0.83 %	0.46 %	0.47 %	0.75 %	0.46 %	0.46 %	0.83 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	2.59 %	1.4 %	0.5 %	0.55 %	0.98 %	1 %	1.39 %	1.61 %	0.74 %	0.5 %
PH	7.5	4.7	8.1	7.5	7.5	6.3	8.1	7.9	8	7.9	8.1	6.3	5.6	5.1	4.7	7.5	5.9	5.7	6.4	6.6	5.1	7.5	6.5	5.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	86 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	88 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	88 %	98 %	28 %	86 %	86 %	88 %	75 %	78 %	93 %	24 %	100 %	91 %	72 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	38.1 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	12 %	3.9 %	6 %	0 %	12 %	2.6 %	15 %	9 %	12 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	1.3 %	0 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	28 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	5 %	0 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.8 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	2.1 dS m-1	0.3 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	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			7 %			8 %	7 %	3 %	18 %	8 %	7 %	8 %	14 %	9 %			7 %	5 %	28 %	12 %	26 %		3 %	6 %
Sand			40 %			41 %	40 %	35 %	40 %	43 %	40 %	41 %	77 %	68 %			63 %	65 %	51 %	41 %	46 %		37 %	67 %
Silt			37 %			25 %	37 %	38 %	35 %	34 %	37 %	25 %	13 %	17 %			12 %	13 %	31 %	34 %	34 %		34 %	10 %
Clay			23 %			34 %	23 %	27 %	25 %	23 %	23 %	34 %	10 %	15 %			25 %	22 %	18 %	25 %	20 %		29 %	23 %
USDA Texture			Loam			Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam			Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam		Clay loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density			1.39 g/cm³			1.33 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³			1.42 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.36 g/cm³			1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³			1.63 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.36 %			0.4 %	0.36 %	0.21 %	0.47 %	0.32 %	0.36 %	0.4 %	0.31 %	0.27 %			0.28 %	0.26 %	0.4 %	0.37 %	0.6 %		0.36 %	0.3 %
PH			8.2			6.4	8.2	8	8.1	8	8.2	6.4	5.3	5			6.3	5.9	6.9	7	4.9		6.7	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			55 cmol kg⁻¹			41 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹			36 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			15 cmol kg⁻¹			15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹			11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			100 %			90 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	90 %	28 %	36 %			98 %	80 %	89 %	93 %	21 %		93 %	42 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			32.1 cmol kg⁻¹			12 cmol kg⁻¹	32.1 cmol kg⁻¹	27.2 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	13.3 cmol kg⁻¹	32.1 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹			13.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹		13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate			14 %			0 %	14 %	2.6 %	15 %	9 %	14 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate			0.3 %			0 %	0.3 %	3.4 %	0 %	1 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium			4 %			1 %	4 %	41 %	2 %	28 %	4 %	1 %	3 %	5 %			3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %		1 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity			0.4 dS m-1			0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	1.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	11.3 dS m-1	0.4 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	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